| 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 24 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022619 |
| OCR Text |
Show DELLA M. PETTY RI 2 2 BEC: That you wouldn t have gotten in any oth r way. DEL: Any other way. And you know people think you ay thing y u don't do it to hurt people because you don't know better. And I think that th tr ubl with people nowadays. You know, you try to learn something and educate your elf wh n you don't understand and people sometimes take offense when they really shouldn't because you're really not trying to hurt anybody. You're really not because everybody s got their own life to live and I always figure, hey, people choose any kind of a life, that s their choice, as long as they don't bother what my choice is. And my mom and dad used to make us read this little thing every morning before we'd go to school. And it says, "Don't look for the flaws as you go through life and even if you find them, it's somewhat kind to be somewhat blind and look for the virtues behind them." And you know, that has helped me all my life, because my dad used to say, "If somebody gets mad at your work, don't get mad back at them. Just say, 'Gee I'm glad I was here. You must have been really mad at somebody, but I'm glad I was here for you to take your spite out on.Now I hope you feel better."' BEC: And did you do that? DEL: I did that. And do you know, nine out often people, say, "Yeah, I do." Really people might have a bad day going to work, they might have a fight with their spouse or they might have something bad happen to them so they're uptight. And they're really, half the time, people get mad at you just about the time they crack a little bit and they're not really meaning it to you. It might have been somebody else. So you shouldn't take all that to heart, you really shouldn't. BEC: That's a nice response. 23 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k989m/1022619 |
