| 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 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023433 |
| OCR Text |
Show DALE H. WEST June 23, 2000 long were you in the Pacific then? Were you there until the war ended? DAL: We were there until the war ended. Then;the ones with the highest number of points for being in the servicetiwere advised to get ready to go. It was about two weeks, or three weeks I believe after the end of the war that they were sent to a nearby port. Some of us~ who didn't have as many pointsJ(.had to stay there. We knew about the bombing of Japan immediately because we were listening to the Japanese messages at the time. WIN: You're talking about the A-Bombs? DAL: The atomic bombs. Anyway, before the bombing we had been told that we were going to go in on the first invasion of Japan, after a month's training at Okinawa. We had set up our equipment so that we could go in immediately, packing everything in threes, hoping that one of each would survive. Well, when the bombs were dropped our assignment was cancelled, and they started getting ready for the ones with the most points to go home. In the meantime, they sent about five or six of us to Japan. We went to Okinawa; then on to Japan. I was in Tokyo and met my brother again. By the way, my two brothers and I met in M~la. It was just one of those accidental things. My older brother was with MacArthur's headquarters, and my younger brother-while living in Salt Lake had been a railroad-what do you call it? Someone who goes around and tries to solve problems that were created. He was put into that same assignment. When the army would make some mistake~he'd go and try to solve problems like that. WIN: A troubleshooter, or logistics expert? DAL: It was mostly on how to take care of, and repay, what we had done wrong. That's what he 17 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sx8cdx/1023433 |
