| Title |
Dale H. West, Provo, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, June 23, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 45 |
| Alternative Title |
Dale H. West, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
West, Dale H., 1918-2007 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-06-23 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Utah County, Utah, United States; New Guinea; Philippines |
| Subject |
West, Dale H., 1918-2007--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
7th Army Air Force; Radio; decoding |
| Description |
Transcript (28 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Dale H. West on June 23, 2000. This is from tape number 45 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
West (b. 1918) recalls his childhood in Provo, Utah, and describes getting a degree in English from Brigham Young University. He taught school for several years and eventually received both a master's degree and doctorate in English. He served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations with the 7th Army Air Force. He describes intercepting and classifying enemy air-to-ground and point-to-point radio messages. He decoded and relayed information concerning weather conditions, enemy air action, and enemy administrative orders to locally-based air combat units. 28 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
28 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/s6sx8cdx |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023445 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sx8cdx |
| Title |
Page 5 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023419 |
| OCR Text |
Show DALE H. WEST June 23, 2000 job. There was no hope that it would ever return. So I went back and~tarted to work on my Masters Degree. My voice finally came back, and I got a job in Monroe replacing a fellow in the national guard who had been called into the service. WIN: As you were growing up in Pleasant Grove and going to grade school do you remember any influential teachers, or your favorite subjects; or, what you enjoyed about sch~ol, or didn't enjoy? DAL: I enjoyed most things. I loved English. My aunt, that I lived with later, had me move down there because my grandfather West had arthritis so bad that he couldn't do any farming. I had to learn to farm; and, in planting, I put a string down the line because it had to be straight. I was 12 when I went down there and did all that. WIN: Where was that? DAL: That was in Pleasant Grove, about half a mile away from my regular home. My grandfather had two unmarried daughters, and one was a teacher ofEnglish in grade school, and then junior high. WIN: Did that aunt who taught English have a great influence on you, as far as your appreciation of the language and that subject? DAL: Yes. I loved English, partly because of my aunt. I had done very well in math, and chemistry, and physics. My chemistry teacher insisted that I major in chemistry. When I got over to the Y I was registered by a person who was the chemistry head. He immediately put me in chemistry. For two years I worked as a chemistry major. And then it had some ins and outs that I didn't like, including one of the worse teachers I've ever had. He was an excellent chemist himself; but, no, not a teacher. I thought maybe the blessing I had received-it said I'd be a teacher of the gospel-indicated 3 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sx8cdx/1023419 |
