| 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 11 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021598 |
| OCR Text |
Show Glenn Parkin 17 ept mb r200 o each one of the ships would go into dry dock and scrape barnacl ffth hip and what not. In fact, when we put in there, we went in and there were two de troy r on each side of us. As they pumped the water down they scrapped the barnacles and paint her all in one section. I mean, get the damn thing done because we re going to be out to sea maybe tomorrow. Then, of course, we went up to Midway. We weren't very far from the Yorktown when it got sunk. We were all more or less standing by for anti-aircraft attacks and what not, but we never did get attacked. We were there, but eventually went back to Pearl. JOEL: Did you rescue any survivors from the Yorktown? GLENN: No, their own destroyers and their cruisers did. See, they had a fleet of cruisers maybe all the way from three to four cruisers and a half-dozen or so destroyers. They had people there to pick them up. Then, of course, we went back to Pearl. Let's jump ahead to about August of 1941 when they had the invasion of Guadalcanal. We were down there with the Hornet with air attacks, shelling, and what not. But then on October 26 of 1942 we were hit with about eighty-five dive bombers, and that's where this is. Dive bombers and torpedo planes. This is the carrier Hornet. Now, you speak about the fist kamikaze You ask, "where in the heck is that plane going?" He's going straight down. The Hornet got hit with a number of kamikazes that day. JOEL: Did it get sunk? 9 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q25zgg/1021598 |
