| Title |
Dale Ellis, North Ogden, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, July 16, 2003: Saving the legacy tape no. 636 |
| Alternative Title |
Dale Ellis, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Ellis, Dale, 1922-2014 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003-07-16 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Marshall Islands; Tulagi, Solomon Islands; Palau; Japan; North Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Ellis, Dale, 1922-2014--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Minesweepers; Radar operators; Sonar operators |
| Description |
Transcript (41 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Dale Ellis on July 16, 2003. This is from tape number 636 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mr. Ellis (b. 1922) recalls his childhood in North Ogden. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was assigned to the minesweeper U.S.S. Perry, on which he was a radar/sonar operator. After the Perry was hit by a mine and sunk, Ellis was reassigned to an aircraft carrier. He finished out the war in various places in the Pacific, including Okinawa and Tokyo. 41 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
41 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/s63r2s3n |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023516 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63r2s3n |
| Title |
Page 24 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023497 |
| OCR Text |
Show DAL LL that w re scalded they were out ther . We ev ntually got all i k d-u . t I h d done though when I hit that deck wher the officer wa yelling to aband n hip r up the ladder to the bridge, because in the radar shack that was on th bridg h r I operated from, I always kept a life jacket there just in case something had happ ned. o I ran up and grabbed the life jacket and then ran back down and jumped over. BEC: You still just had your shorts on, other that the life jacket? DAL: Yes, but I was dressed for the occasion. BEC: You said you just felt the ship bouncing? DAL: Yes, It was that explosion. BEC: You didn't hear a boom? DAL: Nothing that was special. I couldn't figure out what had caused it. See, it was underneath the water so far where it happened, underneath, so we didn't hear the noise we probably would have had it happened up on top. But it was still down in the water and so the water intercepted a lot of the noise and so forth. That's why I didn't hear more. I just couldn't figure out what had happened. The ship just jumped around there and then it was dead in the water. It wasn't moving. So we went forward. Then it was taking on a list to port. It was tipping over, because of the change in weight. When you figure the fire room and the engine room were blown out, all the weight change on this destroyer. So it just took a list to one side. Everything was locked down, so if anything had happened, it was purposely done so that they tried to keep it from sinking immediately. That's why in took a while for the ship to go down. It was slowly going down, all the time. Eventually, after about an hour, I was picked up. I suppose the rest of them, in between time, were picked up. I waved the first boat on that came by me. They 23 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63r2s3n/1023497 |
