| 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 30 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022719 |
| OCR Text |
Show men from the Dutch navy and also the Australian navy. Their ships had gone down and th men were housed on the ferry. It blew the ferry completely to pieces. I got to the man-o -war teps and there were four officers waiting. I picked up the officers and we start back to the anchor buoy, where the Chicago was tied to, but the Chicago had already gotten under way. To the north I could see a ship coming toward us. Apparently, the Chicago was making a turn in the harbor. I needed to go alongside of her. Now, I have complete control at this point. As she is coming around, I had my boat at full speed. I was trying to maneuver the boat inch by inch closer to the Chicago. If only she would just slow down for just a minute, I could get alongside of her. They had rigged a sea ladder over the side of the ship for my boat's passengers. It took me a long time trying to get alongside of the ship. As the ship turns, the ocean is forced underneath her and comes up on the other side. I've got to keep my small boat away from the ship's wake. At that time, I never knew about this, but I found out the hard way. As the ship straightens out from the turn, I'm still moving in closer a little bit at a time. If I come in too much, she's going to pass me and I will not be able to get away from her two props. I don't know how long all of this was taking; it seemed forever. Now, I am real close to the ship and I'm trying to keep the boat away from the ship so it won't bang against the side of the ship. I heard a voice yelling at me from the officer of the deck on board the USS Chicago, "Get that boat alongside of the ship, Coxswain!" From the bridge somebody hollered, and I hope it was the captain, "Officer of the Deck, go to the starboard side of the ship and stay away." Apparently he knows what my problem was. I finally got my boat to the side of the ship. My passengers were able to climb up the sea ladder and get 29 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5jcs/1022719 |
