| 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 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022615 |
| OCR Text |
Show DELLA M. PETTY PR BEC: DEL: BEC: Salt Lake okay. o the Coconut Grove was in alt Lak ? Uh-huh. Then later it was the Rainbow Rendezvous. DEL: It turned into Rainbow Rendezvous; before that, it was oconut 2 2 Grove. And after I got out of the service-see, I didn't meet him until after I got out of the service-but one night we was going out dancing and this one friend I was with, he says, "I've got to go pick up some money from his guy that's at the Torch Bar." That was called the Torch. I said, "Well, yeah, I guess I could go in there with you." So we went in there and Walter was talking to my cousin that I hadn't seen for a long time. So I went over and talk to my cousin and he introduces me to Walt. So Walter got my phone number and he called me, and I was working at the time at the officers club out at Keams, I was the hostess for the officers club at Kearns. And I used to sing two nights a week with the orchestra out there. BEC: Really? DEL: Yeah. Anyway, he called and wanted me to go out on a date and I said, "Okay." And then he didn't show up and he called me and said he had a flat tire. And I thought, "Oh, a likely story." But he really did have a flat tire and there wasn't these cell phones to get to. So he said, "I'm sorry. Really I did." He says, "Honest, I want to go out with you." So the next time we went out, then we just started to go together and we only went together six months and we got married. BEC: That's a nice story. DEL: But he was so funny. But, when I was in the service, I was engaged to a fellow from the army that lived in Pennsylvania. And I went back there and we were 19 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k989m/1022615 |
