| 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 28 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1021615 |
| OCR Text |
Show leon Parkin 17 ept mber 20 th Atlanta-my God we could see it! But we were out there with the carrier just in a reserve status. A lot of our men went on the battleship Iowa. We had a lot of men on the Iowa and they're the one that took the President over the Iran over in the Persian Gulf for the Tehran Conference. They took him over, and of course, we had a good reunion there in Boston because the Iowa pulled into the south Boston navy yards. And we were there, and here it is all of a sudden you'd go into a bar or something like that and you'd see all these guys in there that you know that you haven't seen them for a year or so. Oh, we had a hell of a good time! In fact, we had seen the Iowa the night before the hull got sunk. We had seen it off on the horizon, and I knew a very good friend of mine was on the Iowa, on the Northampton, also. After the Hoe! was sunk, after survivor's leave, I took my wife down to San Francisco with me and the Iowa came into port, and we had another big reunion. I took my wife aboard ship. It was in dry dock. That way you get a chance to go over there and see the whole dam thing. We went aboard there and that's when this one guy told me, "Well, hell, we seen you guys out there, but then we were pulled off station and went north that night." But that's just one of these here things that happen. But it's been a very interesting career. I got out. My wife wanted me to get out. You couldn't find much work in 1945, but we got along okay. Then my brother-in-law came home from Korea about 1953 and says, "Let's go up and join the reserves and go back out to sea." I said, "Ray, I can't join the reserve. I'm regular Navy." 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q25zgg/1021615 |
