| 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 42 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022731 |
| OCR Text |
Show RO F LLM R PRIL 12, 2002 end of the valley. Well, things went to pot again. No more extra board. I decided that the best thing to do would be to quit the job and go to school, which would be paid by the government. This was a benefit from being in the service. I though I might enjoy being a chef so I signed up for a chefs school. The school was held in the Alta Club, downtown, in Salt Lake City. It was all right. After my schooling was complete, I decided that I would like to buy my own cafe-nothing big just a hamburger joint, as we called them back then. Until I could get a loan approved so I could purchase my own cafe, I started working at Dee's Cafe. At that time, Dee had two places: one on First South just west of State Street on the north side of the road; and the other cafe was on Fourth South across the street from the Coconut Grove in Salt Lake City. While working at Dee's Cafe I had to work afternoons, 4:00p.m. to midnight. My job was to prepare everything for the next day and do some cooking and cleaning. Now, I am beginning to realize that this was a mistake. Quit Dee's and went across the street to Cubby's Coffee Shop. It was a good place to work. I was a dinner cook. While working at Cubby's, I met my first wife, Ollie. We were married shortly there after. Finally my loan was approved to purchase my own cafe. I purchased a cafe located on the corner of First South and First West. I named the cafe "Frank and Ollie's." Owning my own cafe was not what I had imagined. It was a lot of hard work, a lot of hours and not a lot of money coming in. I thought that there had to be an easier way to make a living. So after three years I sold the cafe and my brother and I purchased a semi-truck and trailer. We began hauling hay for a couple of years. John purchased a ten-wheel flat bed truck, then we both were able to haul hay and make more money. Both John and I had the chance to work at 41 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5jcs/1022731 |
