| Title |
Earl D. Allen, Kaysville, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, June 12, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 38 |
| Alternative Title |
Earl D. Allen, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Allen, Earl D., 1915-2001 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-06-12 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Canada; Honolulu, Oahu County, Hawaii, United States; Marshall Islands; Philippines; China; Japan |
| Subject |
Allen, Earl D., 1915-2001--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; United States. Navy--History--20th century; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 |
| Description |
Transcript (40 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Earl D. Allen on June 12, 2000. This is from tape number 38 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Allen (b. 1915) recalls his Montana childhood and entering the U. S. Navy at seventeen. He recalls his first tour of duty from 1932 to 1936 on the light cruiser Detroit. His second tour of duty was from 1936 to 1940. He then served from 1940 to 1954. He served aboard the San Francisco, the Canobus, the Savannah, the Northhampton, the Neosho, the Mobile, and the Vogelgesang. Service locations include China, Manila, Pearl Harbor, Brisbane, the Marshall Islands, Wotje, Midway, Noumea, Guadalcanal, New Britain, Truk, Iwo Jima, and Guantanamo. 40 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
40 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/s6qn861j |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American; Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023414 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qn861j |
| Title |
Page 13 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023383 |
| OCR Text |
Show EARL D. ALLEN J 12 2 0 EAR: Yes. I stayed on the Canobus}, she was the tender and during my tim n th Detroit I was in the number two fire room. So I was an engineer. I was in the fire room on the Canobus. They put me in the engine room first and I bitched so they put me in the fire room where I belong. I did three years and a couple of months out there. I was going to stay out there, but a new lieutenant come aboard to be the engineering officer. I was the oil king on the Canobus. I had a billet on there. I mean, I was home. I had extra diesel oil stashed and some voyage where I wasn't supposed to be. Those submarines came along side and if they would give me good groceries, they would get a hundred gallons extra diesel fuel. I was all set to stay on there, and this lieutenant come on there and we was trying to tell me how to run the oil shack. By this time I was second-class water tender, and he wasn't going to tell me a damn thing. So after a few words, I walked away from him and went up to the locker room yeoman to give me relief. I wasn't going to stay on there with that clown. So Lieutenant Peterson got transferred about three or four weeks later, and I dashed up to the locker room at the exec's office and says, "Cancel that, I want to stay." Yeomen told me, "Too late, Allen, your relief is already on his way." So I came back to the states and I finished out that second enlistment on the USS Savannah, new light cruiser. There was good duty on there, but it was a workhouse. So me and my buddy decided we would go to Alaska and homestead. He was going to get discharged a few days after me. WIN: What year was this, what day? 12 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qn861j/1023383 |
