| Title |
Dorothy Jean Pugmire, Logan, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, September 9, 2002: Saving the legacy tape no. 573 |
| Alternative Title |
Dorothy Jean Pugmire, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Pugmire, Dorothy Jean, 1923- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-09-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States |
| Subject |
Pugmire, Dorothy Jean, 1923- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Biography;; United States--Naval Reserve--Women's Reserve |
| Keywords |
WAVEs |
| Description |
Transcript (36 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Dorothy Jean Pugmire on September 9, 2002. This is from tape number 573 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Pugmire (b. 1923) recalls growing up in Paris, Idaho, and Logan, Utah prior to enlisting in the WAVES in 1944. She trained at Hunter College and was assigned to the post office of the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California. 36 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
36 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/s60p2z8b |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Women in war; United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024352 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60p2z8b |
| Title |
Page 7 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024321 |
| OCR Text |
Show DOROTHY JE N PU MIRE p 2002 JEA: o that was an excitement in our life to see Morrison Knud nand all th ir builders building this very large airport. It was large. It was supposed to be the cond defense from California. BEC: Wow. Well, wasn't that kind of upsetting, though to have your ranch taken? JEA: By that time, Mother and Dad were older. My brother was already in the army, so it wasn't as disturbing as it might have been. They were about ready to retire. BEC: So this was toward the end of the war, then, in '44 or something? JEA: No, it was about in '42 that they started building. Frank was in the officers training at that time, but Frank had already expressed the idea that when he came home he would like to be a gentleman farmer and not do anything (laughs). Dad didn't see the ranch as something he'd pass on except as a summer place or vacation place for Frank. BEC: Right. So actually, it worked out nicely, then, to be able to sell it? JEA: Yes, it did, to sell that much. And we'd gone from having as many cattle as we'd had at one time, so it was a very small operation as far as Dad was concerned. It wasn't a big deal. BEC: here? JEA: BEC: JEA: Yeah. That's interesting. So you said eventually your family moved down Yes, Dad and Mother got older. And by then your dad was retired? No, not for a long time. He still kept the small part of the ranch and he'd still spend a lot of time up there. Mother spent more and more time here, mainly because there wasn't that much going on at the ranch. Although, very often she would spend the 6 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60p2z8b/1024321 |
