| Title |
Calvin Wardrop, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, February 26, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 431 |
| Alternative Title |
Calvin Wardrop, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Wardrop, Calvin, 1924-2014 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-02-26 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Wardrop, Calvin, 1924-2014--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Hospital ship; Supply clerks; Teachers |
| Description |
Transcript (23 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Calvin Wardrop on February 26, 2002. This is from tape number 431 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Calvin Wardrop was born in 1924 in Hermosa Beach, California. He was drafted into the Navy in 1943. After passing the test for Officer Training School, he attended Willamette University in Oregon for a year. He was then assigned to the USS Solace, a hospital ship in the South Pacific. He served as a supply clerk until June 1946. He later worked as an elementary school teacher and principal. 23 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
23 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/s67m275s |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022376 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67m275s |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022359 |
| OCR Text |
Show CALVIN WARDROP BR R 2 2 2 BBL: Keep going, sure. CAL: Okay. From there I went to Treasure Island in akland- an And they had had a world's fair there and converted it into a large Naval tation. It wa hug . I was being trained to be a gunner on the Merchant Marine ships. And the Merchant Marin ships mostly are private owned ships and they act as supply ships for the Navy. And they are undergunned and undermanned. So they were easy targets for the Germans or wherever they were in service; the Japanese, I guess, too, in the Pacific. And so I decided- well, it was really a coincidence (laughs]) I was coming through the pay line and the officer that was behind the desk at the pay line asked-1 don't know why he picked on me out of all the men that were going through to get paid-if I would like to work in the office (laughs). And I said, "Yes, I'd like to consider that." So he said, "Well, come back this afternoon and I' ll tell you whether or not we can use you". So I was accepted to work in the office and my officer, he was a chief petty officer-a gunner who was training the men-when I told him I was being transferred, he was really very angry and he said some unkind things. He told me I was just a woman (laughs). BBL: Oh, really? CAL: Yes (laughs). He said, "You're just a WAVE." That's what the women were called. Anyway, I went into the office and worked there and I decided to take the test for the Navy officer training school. BBL: CAL: BBL: DOR: BBL: Hello. Do you want to shut this off a minute? No. I'm Becky Lloyd. Happy to meet you. I'm Dorothy. Would you like to join us? 7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67m275s/1022359 |
