| Title |
Glenn H. Parkin, North Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joel C. Calderon, 17 September 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 315 |
| Alternative Title |
Glenn H. Parkin, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Parkin, Glenn H., 1922-2014 |
| Contributor |
Calderon, Joel C.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-09-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Guadalcanal, Marshall Islands |
| Subject |
Parkin, Glenn H., 1922-2014--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (30 pages) of an interview by Joel C. Calderon with Glenn H. Parkin on September 17, 2001. This is from tape number 315 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Parkin (b. 1922) recalls his childhood in North Salt Lake. He entered the U.S. Navy in February 1941 and was assigned to the Northampton, which was sunk at Guadalcanal. He later served on the Hoel. Parkin recalls experiences in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, Bougainville, Wake, Marcus, Midway, Tassafaronga, Palau, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He appeared on the History Channel's . 30 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
30 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/s6q25zgg |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021620 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q25zgg |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021596 |
| OCR Text |
Show leon Parkin 17 ept m r 2005 F bruary. They went down and they bombed and they shelled the Mar hall ilb rt Islands and Wojie Island. JOEL: This was the Battle of the Coral Sea? GLENN: No, no. That was a little later. We went down-the Salt Lake City was shelling the Island of Wojie in the Marshall Islands-and then, after that, we wanted to show the Japanese that they did not sink the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. They didn't do that. They just destroyed a lot of old out-dated battleships is what they did. We went out and bombed Marcus Island, which is approximately nine hundred miles from Japan. Let me show you this map right here. I hope I haven't forgotten it. This map will give you some kind of an indication where in the heck we're at. Here we are. Now, ifyou'lllook at it real close, there's Wake Island right there and we're in green. The markings are in green. Here's the glossary right here that tells you "peace time" and "war time." This green, about halfway, about right in here, it turns to red, and that's where the Northampton with the carrier Enterprise was at when the war started, and we go back into Pearl. This is down at Marshall and Gilbert Islands. And then, of course, shortly after that we were way down in the southwest Pacific down here in the later part of March, and then we came back up to Pearl. We were only in Pearl for a day, and then we went out to sea, and the next morning we run into the carrier Hornet, and that's the one that had the planes on it that bombed Japan. I spent a lot of time in the navy, but a lot of guys have asked me where are all my tattoos. JOEL: I've seen a lot of guys with tattoos. 7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q25zgg/1021596 |
