| Title |
Ray H. Church, Ogden, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, June 12, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 39 |
| Alternative Title |
Ray H. Church, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Church, Ray H., 1920-2013 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-06-12 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Delta, Millard County, Utah, United States; Guam; Japan |
| Subject |
Church, Ray H., 1920-2013--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Japan; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American |
| Keywords |
Marines; Prisoners of war; Tanagawa; Death camp; Osaka |
| Description |
Transcript (32 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Ray H. Church on June 12, 2001. This is from tape number 39 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Ray Church (b. 1920) recalls his childhood in Depression-era Delta, Utah. After two and a half years at Dixie College, he found himself without funds and joined the Marines. He was posted to Guam in 1941 and attached to the military government. He was taken prisoner in December, shortly after Pearl Harbor. Church describes his time as a prisoner of war in Tanagawa, known as the "death camp," and in Osaka. 32 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
32 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6sf4vft |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Prisoners of war; Concentration camps |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020845 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf4vft |
| Title |
Page 27 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020837 |
| OCR Text |
Show YH. CHURCH will cut your head off." WIN: RAY: WIN: RAY: WIN: RAY: Did he understand English? No, Japanese. Who spoke Japanese? We did. You spoke enough Japanese by now? Yes. So we told him we had to have this train, that we wanted the trains and no fooling around. We had to give it to him, you know. I mean, we weren't going to do that, but we were going to let him know that we meant business. So the next day or so- l am not sure if it was the next day, but shortly after that-we got two train cars. So we got up there and we loaded the guys in the train cars, and some of the guys were litter cases. Some were in bad shape. Some were just so sick. Some of the guys were so sick that if they would eat one egg, one time, it would kill them-one egg-because their system couldn't handle it. So we naturally had to be real careful. We got on the train and it took us about ten hours to go through to Yokohama. When we came to Yokohama the band was playing, and they were singing, and giving welcoming signs. So we got out of the train and they took us right down to a big tent, about as big as this big room. They had this big long thing, a big long hose, and put it over your back and let them squirt this white stuff all over you, DDT, because we had bugs all over us. So they disinfected us in a hurry. You'd think you were coming out of a flour mill. You would come out and, of 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf4vft/1020837 |
