| 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 24 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021611 |
| OCR Text |
Show Glenn Parkin 17 ptember 200 ola down in Trinidad, Port of Spain in 194 3. It's a little bit of humor but that the way he was and I know that's the way I would want it. This is the photo that came out of New York, and this is their write-up which is very, very good. This is when they came over. Then, of course, anybody that can digest this--I had to put the map in small in order to get it in book size. I still have the big map. This is kind-of an interesting article here that gives the information for the people that picked us up or that found us, and what not. And then a friend of mine told me that he ran across this on the website. JOEL: Yes, there are a lot ofwebsites out there on World War II, and a lot on the army divisions, a little bit on the Marine Corps. The ones I found on this server called Yahoo only had the Marine Raiders, it doesn't talk about the other marines. GLENN: Oh, is that right? JOEL: Yes. It has links. The most interesting thing about doing this is that most of great interviews were with the members of the 442nd Regiment Combat Team. GLENN: Well, you can get a lot of them. JOEL: A lot of them live here. GLENN: The guys that I went to school with, oh we lost so many of them, so many men. Yah, it was an education. But the destroyer Hoe!, we had the screen Commodore aboard ship. Of course the screen Commodore was our old skipper which knew all the crew, and we knew him pretty well, you know. There was kind of a relaxed type with them. Not a bit like spit-and-polish on those bigger ships. You take the destroyer Hoe!, and I want to say what I'm gonna say to honor the men that were aboard the ship, because they deserve it. 22 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q25zgg/1021611 |
