| 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 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023395 |
| OCR Text |
Show EARL D. ALLEN J 12 2000 Norfolk, Virginia. My detail there was to the USS Mobile light cruiser and sh wa built from the keel up to fight the war. I mean, she had guns that had babies. he had twel six-inch, and they were practically automatic. She could put 150 shells in the air at one time at 10,000 yards. WIN: Wow. EAR: She was the Ticonderoga Class. She was a home and I'd done great on her. I was postman. They had a sign up in the barracks one night that they needed a postman. So I went and talked to the lieutenant, Nibbs; he was the communications officer. He said, "Have you had any experience in the post office." "Yes, I have bought stamps and a couple of money orders, what the hell?" So he gave me a pamphlet to read, and I read it and went back and I got to be postmaster on the Mobile. So I was only in the post office, I guess, about six months during our shakedown and through the canal and back out to the Pacific. Our first duty when we got to the South Pacific, was load up some ammunition, top-side, because the Denver and the Cleveland a couple of other cruisers in the division ahead of us were commissioning-had burned up ninety percent of their ammunition in shore bombarding up in the Guadalcanal area. So we'd go up in that area with ammunition stacked topside in cargo nets. We had-oh, I think it was New Britain was our first, but we island hopped all the way up to Truk. I left her just after the Iwo Jima. There was a vacancy for chief. I was still first class and the engineer officer because I had been in the post office, and I'd only spent two or three weeks in the files. I went to work 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qn861j/1023395 |
