| 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 35 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022724 |
| OCR Text |
Show Th Japane e ships had radar equipment onboard but the American ships did not ha e radar at that time of the war. Now, this ship knew our location but we do not know where their ship is located and we do not know if it is a Japanese ship or not. They come back around and they tayed out a way from our ship, because they are going to launch a torpedo. This ship launched a torpedo and it hit us. It blew twenty-two feet of the bow off my ship. It blew a hole underneath the main deck, at the bow of the ship. The torpedo split the bow wide open. During the night there was quite a battle. We had three ships on the Tulagi Island side: The USS Quincy, the USS Vincennes, and the USS Astoria. They were all sunk by the Japanese. At daylight we could see our friend, the Australian ship the HMAS Canberra. Her port side was listing in the water. There were a couple of men standing on the deck. Earlier, possibly, a ship took off all but these two men. Because of the damage on the HMAS Canberra, one of our destroyers launched a torpedo and sunk her. That was another disaster during the night battle. It was all over come daylight. Later that afternoon the USS Chicago received her orders to leave Guadalcanal and head toward Noumea, New Caledonia. We had to go slow due to the condition of the ship. Finally after four days, or perhaps five, we pulled into Noumea, New Caledonia. Divers from our ship had to cut all of the steel off that was damaged by the torpedo. That was the only repair that they could do, until we could sail into Sydney, Australia. The USS Tippecanoe was also anchored at Noumea, New Caledonia. She had mail for our ship. I asked the boatswain's mate of the division, "Hey, send me over to the USS Tippicanoe. I 34 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5jcs/1022724 |
