| Title |
James Patterson, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Luke Perry, August 15, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 283 and 284 |
| Alternative Title |
James H. Patterson, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Patterson, James H., 1921-2006 |
| Contributor |
Perry, Luke; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-08-15 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Philippines; Japan |
| Subject |
Patterson, James H., 1921-2006--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Prisoners of war--United States; Prisoners of war--Japan |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps; POWs; Davao |
| Description |
Transcript (42 pages) of an interview by Luke Perry with James Patterson on August 15, 2001. This is from tape numbers 283 and 284 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Patterson (b. 1921) was in the Army Air Corps stationed at Del Monte in the Philippines, where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese He relates his experiences as a POW. 42 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
42 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/s6cz56g7 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022421 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cz56g7 |
| Title |
Page 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022401 |
| OCR Text |
Show JAMES PATTERSON ugu t 15 2001 appreciate that." I took it. Now, here I was as healthy as could be. I'd work d all day ut in the rice paddies, and I was going to go out there the next morning. So I took that banana and put it on my rice and ate it. And Gunnerson, Jensen, and Clay-we all kind of got around together and talked about things. So we were going to stick together on this detail. He says, "It is going to be a rough one." So at 4 o'clock in the morning they woke us up. They had the trucks there to move us out. When I got out there I couldn't see. My face was so swollen with hives I had to prop my eyes open, and my hands were all broken out. So here the Japanese doctor comes by, and everybody-you'd take one step forward in the line and he looked at you. If you were healthy, you stayed there. If not, he'd tell you to go back to the barracks. When he come to me I was all puffed up. I couldn't even see my hand. He said, (speaking Japanese) I could go back to the hospital. So if I hadn't eaten that banana I'm sure I would have been with Clay and Jensen on that ship. They really stuck together. And they were put aboard ship, and I can visualize us down in there all lined up. You only had room to lay down. You couldn't stand up or do nothing. It was a tight fit in there. I remember when we come up from Mindanao up to Luzon when then started shipping us out for Japan, we would lay with our heads towards the outside because you'd get a little from the sweat that come off of the ship, and you could lick that. So I'm sure when that torpedo hit the guys-they had 800 and something prisoners on that ship and there was only about 52 survivors. And about four or those, four or five of those, was out of our outfit. So we have a reunion. We've got one this year. The first part of September 23 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cz56g7/1022401 |
