| 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 21 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022710 |
| OCR Text |
Show RO F L M R PRIL 12 2002 i land. I went inside the hanger, and low and behold there was a row of officers seat d at tabl eating. omehow they had managed to locate some food. I walked up to the head of the table and asked the commander that was seated there if I could take some food to the women and children that were still hiding in the bunker. The commander stood up and said to two other officers "Attention. Move." That took care of the situation. We, the bean eaters, still didn't have a bean to eat. Shorty and I were able to get something to eat the next morning. During the same night-I did not know what time it was-we heard firing from our anti-aircraft guns and from many rifles. They were shooting at what they thought was an enemy plane. It was pitch black, and no way to identify them. One plane caught fire and flies out to the sugar cane fields in the west part of Pearl Harbor. There was another plane coming in, according to some of the other men, it went down also. I only saw the one that was on fire. The American pilots were told that when they leave any of the carriers, to land at Pearl Harbor Island, they must circle to the right of the island. Then come back around to land. That would put them coming in to land from the north end of the island. If any planes come in from the other side of the island, or any other way other than the way the American pilots were told to, you knew it was the enemy. I guess the two pilots got turned around. They came in on the wrong side of the island and they were shot down. After that incident, the rest of the night you're wide awake. When morning came we had some k-rations. Not the best of food, but we were very hungry and anything would do at that point. Up to this time, I never had to eat K-rations. Later in the day, a lot of us were gathered together and sent over to Aiea. This is a receiving station 20 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5jcs/1022710 |
