| Title |
Ross Fullmer, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 12 and 15, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 440 |
| Alternative Title |
Ross Fullmer, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Fullmer, Ross, 1923-2009 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-04-12; 2002-04-15 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States; New Zealand; Australia; Midway Islands; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Fullmer, Ross, 1923-2009 --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 |
| Description |
Transcript (44 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Ross Fullmer on April 12 and 15, 2002. This is from tape number 440 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Fullmer (b. 1923) joined the Navy in December 1940. After basic training he was transported to Hawaii on the oil tanker USS Tippecanoe before transferring to the West Virginia on the morning that Pearl Harbor was attacked. He describes the attack in detail and recalls his experiences on his next ship, the Chicago. He saw action in the Pacific around New Zealand, Australia, and the Coral Sea. He was serving on Midway Island when the war ended. He was discharged in 1946. 44 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
44 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/s60g5jcs |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American; Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022735 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5jcs |
| Title |
Page 10 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022699 |
| OCR Text |
Show RO F LLM R APRIL 12 2002 BECK: And what was your assignment there, onboard ship? ROSS: Being an apprentice seaman, I chipped paint, painted, scrubbed decks and holystoned the decks. All that good stuff. I enjoyed that as well. It was fun. A lot of routine, and lots of discipline. BECK: So you lived right on the ship? Your quarters were in the ship? ROSS: Oh, you bet. We slept in hammocks, and that was the finest of all. When you are out to sea, and in your hammock, the ship rolls, and goes up and down. You feel like your mamma is rocking your cradle. BECK: Really. That didn't make you sick at all? ROSS: Oh, heavens no. That was peaceful, peaceful sleeping. BECK: I think you're the first person I've talked to who's said that they enjoyed sleeping in the hammocks. Were you stacked several high? ROSS: Oh, no. You put the head of the hammock on a hook, and one on the bottom end also. Then you pull the hammock with a rope as tight as you can. It had better not sway when you get in it. It must be straight. When you get in the hammock, you have to pull both of the sides of the hammock open and fall down into it. It will then wrap around you. You could roll upside down and never fall out, the hammock is wrapped so tight around you. BECK: That's interesting. I've never heard that before. I just picture myself being bugged by that. But you felt like you were in the cradle again. ROSS: Well, I don't remember the cradle, but that's what I could imagine. 9 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5jcs/1022699 |
