| Title |
Grant B. Morrell, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, September 11, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 408 |
| Alternative Title |
Grant B. Morrell, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Morrell, Grant B., 1924-2008 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-09-11 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Hawaii; Marshall Islands; Korea; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Morrell, Grant B., 1924-2008--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; United States. Army. Signal Corps--History--World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Marines; Mormon Battalion Platoon; Signal corps; Clearfield; Camp Pendleton; Korean War |
| Description |
Transcript (32 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Grant B. Morrell on September 11, 2001. This is from tape number 408 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Grant Morrell (b. 1924) enlisted in the Marines' "Mormon Battalion Platoon" in 1942. He was a member of the signal corps in Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, and Clearfield, Utah. He served as a recruiter in the Reserve and at Camp Pendleton during the Korean War before retiring in 1954. 32 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
32 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/s6fb725q |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); United States. Army. Signal Corps |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022770 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fb725q |
| Title |
Page 3 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022738 |
| OCR Text |
Show THIS IS AN INTERVIEW WITH GRANT MORRELL ON EPTEMBER 11 2001. THE INTERVIEWER IS BECKY B. LLOYD. THIS IS THE PROJECT "SAVING THE LEGACY: AN ORAL HISTORY OF UTAH'S WORLD WAR II VETERANS." TAPE NO. 408. BEC: This is an interview with Grant Morrell at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah. Today's date is September 11,2001. This is part of the Saving the Legacy Project and my name is Becky Lloyd. Grant, when and where were you born? GRA: I was born in Orange Cove, California, Fresno County, May the 30th 1924. My father was teaching at the Ridley High School. BEC: Ridley. GRA: And Orange Cove was some eighteen to twenty miles away from the high school but we had a home there that someone, or the county, had donated as a residence for teachers. So, a physician came, I was born in the home. I had an older brother and a sister, then I came into the family. We lived there for two years and then my brother, William Wallace Morrell, died of Leukemia at the age of five. BEC: Oh, that's sad. GRA: And the family returned to Salt Lake City; I was three years old and lived for just a few months down by Liberty Park. Then my father got a teaching appointment up in Worland, Wyoming. So for the next two years we were up there and in 1929 my younger brother, Edwin, was born there in Worland. And then we moved to Kamas, Utah, where my father was principal of the South Summit High School. We were there for two years. Then my parents separated and mother, with us three children-! had an older step-brother because my father had been married before he married my mother, |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fb725q/1022738 |
