| Title |
Jay Layton, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, July 12, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 401 |
| Alternative Title |
Jay Layton, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Layton, Jay, 1925- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-07-12 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Hawaii; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Layton, Jay, 1925- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Radio operators--Biography |
| Keywords |
Radio technicians |
| Description |
Transcript (52 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Jay Layton on July 12, 2001. This is from tape number 401 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Jay Layton (b. 1925) enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and was trained as a radio technician. He was assigned to a communications station in Hawaii. He was discharged in March 1945. 52 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
52 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/s6gb438n |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American; Radio operators |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024675 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gb438n |
| Title |
Page 3 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1024623 |
| OCR Text |
Show THI I AN INTERVIEW WITH JAY LAYTO ON J L Y 12 2001. TH INTERVIEWER IS BECKY B. LLOYD. THI I THE PROJE T " I H LEGACY: AN ORAL HI TORY OF UTAH' WORLD WAR II VE RA TAPE NO. 401. BBL: We' ll put that with your record, if that's all right. JAY: 0 h, that's fine, yeah. BBL: Okay. I need to do a brief introduction here. This is an interview with Jay Layton in his home in Salt Lake City, Utah. Today's date is July 12, 2001. This is part of the Saving the Legacy Project and my name is Becky Lloyd. Jay, when and where were your born? JAY: Well, I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 27, 1925. BBL: You just recently had a birthday, then? JAY: Yes. Uh-huh. Yeah, seventy-six years old. BBL: What was your father doing at the time you were born? JAY: My father was in the construction business, building homes and small commercial buildings. BBL: In the Salt Lake area? JAY: In the Salt Lake area. BBL: And where was your family living when you were born? JAY: We were living on Sherman A venue, I don't know if I can remember an address. It might have been 1425, or something like that, Sherman Avenue, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth East. It's about a block from the Uintah School; it's on Fifteenth East. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gb438n/1024623 |
