| 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 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1023498 |
| OCR Text |
Show D L L 1 nt th min from other d stray rs those boat to pick u up. I a d n n ti r two there because I wasn t hurt and I didn t know about th hap m th th r p ople were in. So I just waved them on to pick up p opl that n ed d th h lp 1r t. after about an hour I was picked up anyway and hauled to this other destroyer. I wa trying to think of the name of it. The Guest, (USS Guest DD-472) I believe it was. BEC: Guest? DAL: G-U-E-S-T, Guest, I believe it was. I have to look in my records. It was a destroyer that was out there. They put us aboard there. The sailors aboard there, they were trying to give us clothes and something to put on. I didn't care about that, I was just glad to be picked up. They were very, very nice about trying to help us out. The one officer, in fact, it was the officer that was the navigator that asked me to help him out, he happened to be picked up the same time I was and hauled aboard. I called him Mr. Salder, I remember. When I said that, when we were being picked up, that one sailor aboard the other ship apologized to him because he didn't know he was an officer. He hadn't shown any special deference. He apologized to him when I called him Mr. Salder. He realized he was an officer then. The one thing about that, it was kind of a shock to our captain at the time. That was his first trip. They'd just relieved our other captain and sent him to shore duty down there on one of the islands. This was the first mine sweeping operation we'd had with this captain. BEC: That wasn't good for his record, was it? DAL: No, then he'd got sunk. I'm sure it wasn't anything that had to do with him, as far as fault goes. It was just one of those things that happened. His name was Lindsay, I believe, the captain. He was just a young man who'djust been assigned. Anyway, they 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63r2s3n/1023498 |
