| Title |
Della M. Petty, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 30, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 450 |
| Alternative Title |
Della M. Petty, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Petty, Della M., 1923- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-04-30 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salina, Sevier County, Utah, United States; San Francisco, California, United States |
| Subject |
Petty, Della M., 1923- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Biography; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service in the U.S. Naval Reserve; WAVES |
| Description |
Transcript (33 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Della M. Petty on April 30, 2002. This is from tape number 450 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Della Petty (b. 1923) grew up in Salina, Utah. She joined the WAVES and was stationed in San Francisco, where she was a secretary for Commander Ross. She recalls life on the West coast during the war. 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/s68k989m |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022630 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k989m |
| Title |
Page 8 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022603 |
| OCR Text |
Show D LLAM.P TTY RJ 2002 much. In 197 5 he had his first heart attack and then he couldn t rk an m r . H forty-five years old. BEC: Oh, my gosh. DEL: My husband had three heart attacks and then he had a mini-strok and then he got diabetes in 1980, but you'd never know he was sick because he was such a wonderful man; he never complained, never, ever, ever. BEC: He was just a happy person. How did he finally die? DEL: Well, in 1998, he had a real bad heart attack and they really thought he was going to die. He started filling up really bad with water and then his diabetes got all out of control, but he come around okay. And then in 1999 he had a mini-stroke and he come out of that okay except he couldn't write and then his heart just started slowing down and then they had to keep giving him medications because his heart was so bad. They told him he was going to have to go on the dialysis machine, but he died before that happened. BEC: It was a combination of things. DEL: Yeah. It was heart and kidneys. We had a wonderful life. We have two children-! lost two in between them-but I have a son and he' s a lieutenant in the County Sheriffs department, and I have a daughter, she works for Primrose Sonntag. Then my son-in-law, he used to work for the state, but he's retired. And my daughter-inlaw, she's director for the United Cerebral Palsy and she's worked there for a long time; she's really a talented little gal. And I have six grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. I have two grandsons and four granddaughters, and I have two greatgrandsons and two great-granddaughters. 7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k989m/1022603 |
