| Title |
Ray H. Wheeler, Lewiston, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, March 21, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 79 |
| Alternative Title |
Ray H. Wheeler, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Wheeler, Ray H., 1921- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-03-21 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Guam; Philippines; Japan; Cache County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Wheeler, Ray H., 1921- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Merchant mariners--Biography; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Atomic bomb--History |
| Keywords |
Merchant Marines; Atomic bomb; Radiation sickness; Subic Bay; Tinian; Guam; Iwo Jima; Okinawa |
| Description |
Transcript (37 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Ray H. Wheeler on March 21, 2000. This is from tape number 79 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Ray Wheeler was born in 1926 in Lewiston, Utah. He joined the Merchant Marines in 1944, and served aboard the W. W. McCracken, the Commodore, and the John S. Bassett in the Pacific. He discusses the radiation sickness he suffered after the use of atomic weapons, as well as the treatment of Merchant Marines by the government after the end of the war. 37 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
37 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/s63z05wt |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Merchant mariners; Atomic bomb |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023147 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63z05wt |
| Title |
Page 7 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023114 |
| OCR Text |
Show RAY H. WHEELER March 21, 2000 extended family. Would you just go by yourselves? RAY: No, we were up there always with some cousins that had moved. Grandfather was a polygamist, but he had two boys that were in polygamy. And so when they issued the manifesto this part of the family went to Canada and part went to Idaho. And, of course, some stayed here. This is the part of the family that stayed here. So we always kept in communication and in touch with those people up there. So, when we went to see the cousins, we participated, and worked with them up there. But it was always in Idaho and north. Most of our family never went south. We are a mile from the Idaho line. In fact, it's just up the road here. WIN: What other kinds of things did you enjoy in school? Did you participate in any drama, or music or that sort of thing? RAY: I participated in football and basketball particularly. And we placed second in the football championship in the State of Utah. And then the year I was a senior we went to the state tournament. And the year after I was a senior we won the state championship in basketball. It was the North Cache High School. You can check the records. I had a scholarship to play basketball at BYU. But then, when you turned 18, you were automatically in the army then. In fact, if you turned 18 before the first of the year, or were held back, they wouldn't let you complete your high school education. WIN: 0 h, really? RAY: It was that bad. So I was born in October, and when I graduated from high school all the people in our class that turned 18 before the first year they wouldn't let them finish. After the 5 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63z05wt/1023114 |
