| 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 36 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022725 |
| OCR Text |
Show R F LLM R PRIL 12 2002 would like to go over there.' ' Okay " he said. Get ten men and get on a motor launch and g over to the USS Tippecanoe." That's good enough for me. We reach the Canoe and I went down to the galley. I asked the cook that was there, "Where is Glen Barton?" He said that a couple of weeks ago they put him in a straightjacket and sent him home. I guess being anchored at N oumea was to confining for him. While in Noumea I decided that I would go fishing. There were large fish, middle size fish, etc. Down at the bottom of the bay was white sand. You could see everything, and the water was very clear. I went ashore to by some fishing equipment. While I was in the store, I noticed some red socks. Now these socks seemed to be a fluorescent red. I had to have those socks. When I arrived at the ship, I placed the socks in my locker. The socks were in my locker for some time gathering dust, when I decided to wash them. I accidentally threw the socks in with my white socks, T-shirts etc. When the laundry came back the next day, all the white items were colored a pretty pink. All the swabbies had pink underwear, socks, shorts. Oh dear! I thought that I would be thrown overboard. I never admitted owning the red socks. Fortunately, I did not put my name on the socks. You know that I never did find out what happened to those red socks. After about two days, we started our journey to Sydney, Australia. After four or five days, we were told they could not fix the bow of the ship, so we must go back to San Francisco. We headed out to sea again. It was another twenty-eight days; slow, slow sailing. The ship was docked at Mare Island shipyard in San Francisco. The crew was given ten days leave. I was able to go home to Salt Lake City during this time. 35 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5jcs/1022725 |
