| Title |
Ora Mae Sorensen Hyatt, Orem, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 29, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 671 |
| Alternative Title |
Ora Mae Hyatt, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Hyatt, Ora Mae Sorensen, 1922- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-06-29 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, United States; Okinawa, Japan |
| Subject |
Hyatt, Ora Mae Sorensen, 1922- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; United States--Army--Nurse Corps; World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (15 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Ora Mae Hyatt on June 29, 2004. This is from tape number 671 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Hyatt (b. 1922) recalls her childhood in Manti, Utah, and describes her nurses training and entlistment in the Army Nurse Corps. She met and married a fellow officer during her period of basic training and was shipped out to various bases in the Pacific. 15 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
15 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/s6ht4nj0 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Women in war; United States. Army Nurse Corps |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021135 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ht4nj0 |
| Title |
Page 6 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021124 |
| OCR Text |
Show 0 TT BEC: Does your family still own the property in Mant·? ORA: My brother bought the house and the property. It's still his. I went to c from first grade through high school in Manti. I like that little town. BEC: It's beautiful there; a nice community. Were you the youngest? 2 ORA: I was the youngest of four girls. Then, when my parents moved to Manti they had a boy (laughs). BEC: Oh, it must have been the country air (laughs). ORA: My dad was really happy to have him. BEC: Okay, I'll let you go ahead and start reading. ORA: When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, I was in my first year of nurses training. I had entered training with the goal to become an airline stewardess, but that soon changed. I wanted to be a nurse to take care of the wounded soldiers, and do what I could, to help win the war. The United States was constantly saying they needed more nurses and most of the young men I knew were entering the military service and it seemed the only honorable thing to do. So about two weeks after graduation my classmate and I volunteered for the Army Nurse Corps. We frrst went to Fort Lewis, Washington, for our basic training and there was an unexpected romance. I met and married Lieutenant Hyatt. He was the officer in charge of the LDS Church services that were held on the base. We had a very short courtship, and then I was transferred to a hospital in California. His unit was being sent overseas and he wrote to me that he would like to stop by my hospital on his last leave. He went home to Joliet, Illinois, and came to California on his way back to Fort Lewis, and we became engaged. He bought a diamond ring for me. Then he wrote and asked if I could get an emergency 5 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ht4nj0/1021124 |
