| 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 29 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022624 |
| OCR Text |
Show what he did. For our twenty-fifth wedding anniver ary th bi h p had it and h gi him this thing to go be baptized. And so he handed it to me and say Happy And he was being baptized into the church. And what a wonderful-it wa r ally ni But we were married in the temple in 1979, went through the temple in 79. BEC: That's great. That's such a sweet story. DEL: Things like that, he was always-and see, I never forced him and I married him when he wasn't LDS but he was such a wonderful man I thought, Well, I like him for what he is, not what-so I'd go and I'd always say, when he was home, "Do you want to go to church with me?" "No," he says, "you go. I'm going to sleep." And I always asked him but I never, you know, but if he was here from driving truck he'd always go Christmas time and Mother's Day with me, all the time, special occasions, if he was here, he'd go. But everybody loved him. Even the bishop would say he loved to come to our house and visit because he was such-he'd ask questions and stuff- BEC: DEL: BEC: DEL: BEC: DEL: there. BEC: Made people feel good, it sounds like. Yeah. You want to be around people who are nice. And make you feel good. That's great. And when you shut that off I'll tell you a story, but I won't put that on Oh, really. Let's finish up. Are there other things you want to tell me about your World War II experience, or anything else we want to add to your history before we turn it off and get to the- 28 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k989m/1022624 |
