| 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 30 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023400 |
| OCR Text |
Show EARL D. ALLEN J 12 2 00 the destroyers in my time were named after heroes big shot military m n. I tayed n th Vogelgesang for the end of my enlistment. WIN: How do you spell that name? EAR: I will have to get that. I can, I did have a pad here somewhere. I will dig it out before we leave. WIN: That's all right. EAR: I can't even spell it myself, now. But I spent better than three years on her. We went to the Mediterranean for a cruise. We were over there for about four months, and the wife worked. At this time were living in a housing project in Norfolk, Virginia. I was the chief firing agent. I had a crew. I had one petty officer, one rated man, in my firing crew. So I trained those kids. They were fresh out of the recruit schools. I trained them. My word to them was, "If I am not in the fire room, and you have problems, shut the son-ofa- bitch down. Close the valve, kill the fires." So it went on pretty good for a while, and we were making a full power run. We were going from Diegos, the island of shore bombardment, over to Kingston or Jamaica or something. I slept at the chiefs quarters because I could make the fire room faster from there, and besides it didn't roll as much as at the bow. You get the pitch and roll, and I started getting seasick after twelve years. Anyhow, they killed the fire room, shut her down. We only had one on the line because two boilers would turn up to twenty knots. So, of course, after they shut down and I got down to the fire room and found out they didn't have any problem at all. They said they 29 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qn861j/1023400 |
