| 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 7 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023421 |
| OCR Text |
Show DALE H. WEST June 23, 2000 DAL: I was on the high school basketball team. But my senior year wasn' t a good one because they had put in the former sophomore coach, and he wanted all of this sophomore team members to be the big team. So I had very little to do there. I played tennis, and I was good at that. I played the saxophone in the band, and the orchestra, and a dance band. WIN: From 6th Grade on the nation was engulfed in the Great Depression. How did you fare as a family? Of course, you had lost your father, the main breadwinner, early in your life. Did you notice that you suffe:red more through the Depression than you had earlier? DAL: Yes, because I went around with some fellows who had more money in their family than we did, and it was very difficult. It was difficult for me to go with them because I wouldn't be able to buy what they bought on their routings. So they would learn not to take me. I worked and I helped with the money for household expenses. All four of us did, and we did anything we could do. WIN: So you suffered socially, as well as, financially through the Depression. Well, what do you remember most about the years before you entered college? Was there anything you really enjoyed-your family life, or your schooling? DAL: Yes. I enjoyed my family and my relatives who came. There was a family that would come for a day or two without ever announcing they were coming. It was just togetherness that was very goo<l. I think of it today as an outstanding part of the Hilton family. WIN: Did you have lots of cousins on the Hilton side? They would just drop in and spend time? DAL: Well, these were some of the Hiltons from Salt Lake that would come down and stay for a day or two. There were quite a few Hiltons in Pleasant Grove; there still are, some of my cousins. As a matter of fact, we just had a little gathering of the Hilton clan. We went out to lunch together 5 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sx8cdx/1023421 |
