| 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 36 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023143 |
| OCR Text |
Show RAY H. WHEELER Mar h 21 2 dummies. They are quick to copy. And I admire them for their ability to come from a nati n that was destroyed to where they are. Anyway, these Japanese were took in here in rel cati n camps. And it was a tragedy the way it turned out. But, they did lobby congress and the enat . And president Reagan gave every man, woman, and child $25,000, their property repatriated back at the price that they requisitioned it for, and a letter of apology from the president of the United States. And I said, "I should have been on that side-the other side." Well, when I come back they didn't recognize me for anything. And I said, "I'm in the wrong world." I still-to this day-I know what they've done to us, but I don't know why they done it to us. That, in my mind, I'll probably go to the grave with; what motivated this country to do that to these people. They disbanded war shipping. They impounded all our records. See, we can't verify any of these things. With my payroll wages, that's the only thing-I'm drawing fifty percent disability from the government. But the day they made me a veteran I filed for a claim for disability. And to this day I've very moderately received my recognition. I feel I fell way short of it. Because there's Stanley Wilner-! can name them. There's less than five or six of us that's getting service connected disability. WIN: Really, wow! Well, let's go back. You got back home. You started working back here and you got married? RAY: Yes. WIN: And you had how many children? RAY: Three. WIN: Three children. And did they stay around here? 34 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63z05wt/1023143 |
