| 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 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022620 |
| OCR Text |
Show DELLA M. PETTY PRI 2 2 DEL: Really. My dad and mom had a lot of good advic . I g t mad at my husband and I was telling my mother about it. And she said W 11 lla you're not perfect either." And that's the kind of response I got from my moth r. nd I thought, Well, I guess I'm not (laughs). BEC: Thanks for the sympathy (laughs). DEL: You're not perfect either. I'll tell you, I really wished everybody had the chance to live the kind of life I have had, because I have had wonderful parents, wonderful brothers and sisters, lot of good friends and lot of good jobs and I've done an awful lot of volunteer work, because when my husband got diabetes I volunteered for the diabetes treatment center so I could learn more about it. And when he had a heart attack I volunteered for the Heart Association. And then I worked for Pennies-by-the-Inch, and worked as a volunteer for Cancer, when he got cancer, I worked for the Cancer Society Down in St. George I used to work for the Share and Care, and collect for the homeless. Also, I used to visit the nursing homes a lot because my dad had been in a nursing home for a while, and Walt's mother, after they got bad, so I used to go work in the nursing home and read to people or do odds and ends so I could visit, so they'd have somebody to visit. You've got to give back for what you've had some way or another. END OF SIDE A DEL: Now what do you want to know? You ask me a question and then I'll answer it because I can't think now. BEC: life. I do want to say that it sounds like you've been fairly healthy in your 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k989m/1022620 |
