| Title |
Virginia Kristic, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, February 10, 2003: Saving the legacy tape no. 629 |
| Alternative Title |
Virginia Kristic, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Kristic, Virginia, 1922-2008 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003-02-10 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Seattle, King County, Washington, United States; Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana |
| Subject |
Kristic, Virginia, 1922-2008--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 (29 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Virginia Kristic on February 10, 2003. This is from tape number 629 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Kristic (b. 1922) recalls her childhood in Butte, Montana, and her marriage to her fiance of six months the day before he was shipped overseas. She joined the WAVES and went to boot camp at Hunter College in the Bronx. She was stationed in Seattle, where she served as a storekeeper from 1942 to 1945. 29 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
29 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/s67100p0 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025387 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67100p0 |
| Title |
Page 13 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025369 |
| OCR Text |
Show FEBR R 10 200 wond rful. You never saw a doctor that you didn t have a nur in ther with y u t . They gave complete physicals and the shots that we had to have to all of us. But wh n they did my physical, they found out that I had situs inversus, which means my organs are all on the opposite side. I was twenty-one years old and I didn't know it. BEC: I've never heard of that before. VIR: A lot of the doctors hadn't had patients like me. BEC: You're sure they didn't get the x-ray backwards? (laughs) VIR: No, my heart is here and my appendix is here (indicates right and left sides, respectively). I'm just all screwed up. BEC: Well, I guess if it works okay, then no problem. VIR: It works fine. That's what they said. I didn't have one vertebra in my neck that I should have. But at twenty-one years old, nothing bothered me, so they figured it wouldn't bother me in the future and they passed me. BEC: That is interesting. I've never heard of that before. VIR: There aren't too many like me. Most of the doctors haven't seen it. If fact, I've been having heart trouble lately and I have to keep reminding them, because I've had a couple of shock treatments on my heart. He (the doctor) said, "Be sure when you get the shock treatment to remind me." (laughs) You know, where to put it in. BEC: You said, off-tape, that in getting into the service you had to have five letters of recommendation, one from a clergyman? VIR: Yes, and one from a businessman and one from school and one from a friend. I don't remember them all, except I remember one was a clergy. BEC: Just the general things: that she is a person of fine character and stuff? 12 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67100p0/1025369 |
