| Title |
LeGrand Raine Curtis, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 17, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 661 |
| Alternative Title |
LeGrand Raine Curtis, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Curtis, LeGrand Raine, 1924-2010 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-06-17 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Norfolk, Virginia, United States; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Curtis, LeGrand Raine, 1924-2010--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; Dentists--Biography |
| Keywords |
Dentists |
| Description |
Transcript (33 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with LeGrand Raine Curtis on June 17, 2004. This is from tape number 661 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Curtis (b. 1924) grew up in Salt Lake City, where his father operated a coal company in the Sugarhouse area. He attended the University of Utah and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944. He applied for dental training, which he received at the University of Kansas City. After receiving his degree he was given the option of choosing to serve in the Army or the Navy. He chose the Navy and was sent to Corpus Christi. He was transferred to Norfolk, Virginia, to a repair ship where he provided dental services to men aboard the ships his shipmates were repairing. He was discharged in 1948. 33 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
33 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/s6hh8j8k |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American; Dentists |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022073 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hh8j8k |
| Title |
Page 13 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022051 |
| OCR Text |
Show L D RTI J L f th m t p cial things that happen d right ar und thi tabl . I'm curr ntly rving as a Patriarch again. This is where I gi e th m th ir Patriarchal ble ings. BEC: In here? 17 2 04 LEG: Right here. The candidate sits right over there, right by that pillow because that's where my recording machine is. BEC: I see. LEG: We've gotten way off the subject. BEC: We did, but we'll come back because I want to hear about your church service after the war. LEG: East High in those days, was a two-year experience, so I graduated at sixteen. I went to the U when I was just barely seventeen. If you didn't make it, you got kicked out. So I started young, once again, and went year-round. BEC: So that must have been about 1940 when you graduated? LEG: Well, when Pearl Harbor happened, I was at East High. BEC: Well, that was December 7, 1941. [phone interrupts] Had you met your wife yet? LEG: In junior high. BEC: When did you start dating? LEG: Not until we were in the University of Utah. I walked down Thirteenth East with her and said, "I need a blind date. Can you help me?" She said, "I doubt it, but I'll try." She couldn't, so then she said, "Well then, I'll go with you." We went to the old Rainbow Rendezvous. Are you familiar with that? BEC: Yes. 12 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hh8j8k/1022051 |
