| Title |
Ralph M. Tannenbaum, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, May 31, 2000: Saving the legacy tape no. 31 |
| Alternative Title |
Ralph M. Tannenbaum, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Tannenbaum, Ralph M., 1921-2006 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2000-05-31 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Guadalcanal; Philippines; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Tannenbaum, Ralph M., 1921-2006--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 |
| Description |
Transcript (27 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Ralph M. Tannenbaum on May 31, 2000. This is from tape number 31 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Ralph D. Tannenbaum (b. 1921) recalls his childhood in Salt Lake City, joining up with the navy V-7 officer procurement program, training, and being assigned to the heavy cruiser USS Chicago at Pearl Harbor in the Spring of 1941. His ship left Pearl Harbor on December 1 as escort to the aircraft carrier Enterprise, and so was not in port when the Japanese attacked. Other topics covered includes an early radar device called CXAM, duty in Australia, the battle of Coral Sea, shore leave, getting married, being stationed in New Caledonia, ship duty throughout the Pacific, and post-war reserve duty. 27 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
27 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/s6tx5dnn |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024057 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tx5dnn |
| Title |
Page 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024047 |
| OCR Text |
Show RALPH M. TANNENBAUM about three hundred men. MAY 31, 2000 So from there--the ship, frrst of all, stopped in San Francisco and let off those of us who lived west of the Mississippi. Then she sailed through the canal over to Portsmouth for repairs. I got back to Portsmouth in January of'45. We stayed there the rest of the war. Then I finally was discharged in New Orleans. I came back to Salt Lake, went back into business with my father and brother, and then I helped organize the naval reserve here. WIN: Edna was born while you were in the South Pacific? RAL: Edna was born while we were in San Francisco on leave. We'd been hit then, too. WIN: The Chicago? RAL: No, the Honolulu. WIN: Edna would have been born in '43. Probably. No? RAL: Yes, that's correct. No, I was already on the Honolulu, and beenhitthere, too. And we were hit at the battle of--the second battle of Kula Gulf. So, anyway, I came back when she born, and then again when she was about a year old. So we took her and we lived in Portsmouth, a place called the Portsmouth Estates. It really sounds glamorous--pot-bellied stoves, and two electric coils to cook on--it was something. And we had a lot of good times down there because several of the ship's officers lived right there. I guess there were about ten of us. And we would take Edna and go down and play pinochle every night at a friend's house, or they'd come over to our place. One thing I'll never forget was--you'd drive out and there would be like a drawbridge, and an old man selling crabs. They were awfully cheap, like two for a dollar or something like that, 18 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tx5dnn/1024047 |
