| 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 |
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| 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 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022760 |
| OCR Text |
Show GRANT MORRELL R 11 2 Camp Pendleton a retraining command as they called it and all of a udd n I h d an th r stripe. Became a Tech Sergeant. Did a little training of the troops as th y cam thr ugh but mostly I worked in the office as the ward clerk-ward clerk, listen to me--company clerk. And also, oh, Lois came down, of course, with her mother. And we got an apartment off base in one of the communities (laughs), Dana Point, near Pendleton I can't remember-sometimes it's just a total blank. But we had a nice apartment and enjoyed weekends. Finally April of' 52 came around and our first child, daughter, was born there at the Naval Hospital in Oceanside, California. Delightful girl; we named her Marche, born on the 26th of April. And just had a happy family time until the Korean War wound down and they sent me back home. BEC: So you stayed there the whole time during the war? You didn't have to go overseas? GRA: I didn't. I'd gotten a sixth stripe; I was the company first sergeant, Master Sergeant in rank, and enjoyed it. I was glad to give it up. I stayed in the reserves. I didn't see any reason to get out and finally they activated the 21st Rifle Company as a Marine Corps reserve unit here at Fort Douglas and so I served there for a couple of years when my-in '54 when that term wound up the captain says, "Why don't you retire, Grant. You've been at it long enough." So I accepted the discharge again and that's my Marine Corps experience. BEC: So that ended your reserve activity, too, in '54? GRA: Uh-huh. The reserve part was interesting because it kept me in touch and we'd have our weekly training sessions at the fort up there. And we had lots of young fellows come through and get their taste of things while they were there. So I enjoyed 23 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fb725q/1022760 |
