| 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 23 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022373 |
| OCR Text |
Show CALVI WARDROP B R 2 2 2 Navy at home and so we met over there and I said Do y u want t ha thr -minut r und and a minute rest, like they normally do.' He said No. When you can't tand up any l ng r it will be over (laughs)." So, anyway, we went after it and I got him in a corn rand I g tin a g d left hook and hit him in the mouth and that was the end of the fight. He started blubb ring and his lips were-anyway, he was damaged. And he left with his friend and went to see the doctor at sickbay and the next day everybody was congratulating me. So that was one of my famous incidents. That's enough. BBL: Nobody made fun of you drinking milk after that, I guess. CAL: They used to say, "Are you going out on a milkshake drunk this weekend" (laughs). So, anyway, I wore those kind of hexagon glasses that didn't have rims-that was kind of the style at that time-and I guess they thought I was kind of a goody-two-shoe kind of guy that didn't know anything about athletics. BBL: CAL: END OF SIDE A BBL: DOR: anniversary. CAL: BBL: DOR: CAL: Oh, the glasses were deceiving. Yes, they thought I looked like an egghead or something. That was that. We're back in business. Anyway, we weren't planning to do anything special for our fiftieth It was just my wife and I. Oh, the two of you went for your anniversary. Here we are in Mazatlan. And the doorbell rings to our condo andIt was a knock, knock, knock. 21 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67m275s/1022373 |
