| 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 32 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022721 |
| OCR Text |
Show Virginia. His name was John Greenly May. He said that he was now tationed n the U. aft Lake ity. I'm from Salt Lake City and he's from Chicago; I was assigned to the hicago and h was assigned to the Salt Lake City. It was one of those funny things. He had just got out of the battle of the Aleutian Islands. There was a terrific battle there. John told me the story of the heavy cruiser, the USS Portland and the USS Salt Lake City. They had engaged with some Japanese ships and were pretty well outnumbered. Being outnumbered, the Portland retreated, the Salt Lake City stayed there until they had turned the Japanese ships away. While I was in Brisbane, I also ran into another shipmate of mine from the USS West Virginia. It was hard for me to recognize him. He had put on a lot of years, even though he was the same age as I was. My ship was docked for maybe three or four days. Again, we were heading out to sea. We are out to sea and not a word of where we're going. The word was that we were heading for Auckland New Zealand, to pick up the First Marine Division in Auckland. By now we are in the Tasman Sea. Now, the Tasman Sea is, without a doubt, the roughest sea in the world. While we are in the Tasman Sea, we got into a really bad storm. The waves were extremely high. The ship glides to the top of the wave, you get to the very top and she drops down to the other side. WHOOOMP! Hey, it is really terrific. It was just like riding a roller coaster. While this was going on, the fire alarm went off. Apparently, somebody spilled grease on the grill in the galley and this started a fire. That was put out in a big hurry. Anyway, that was one rough ride for an hour or so. Others had said how mean the Atlantic Ocean was, but 31 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5jcs/1022721 |
