| Title |
Col. William F. Roos, Springfield, Virginia: an interview by Professor Daniel McCool: Saving the legacy oral history |
| Alternative Title |
William F. Roos, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Roos, William F., 1919-2008 |
| Contributor |
McCool, Daniel, 1950- ; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-11-11 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Guam, Mariana Islands; Germany; Korea; Vietnam; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Roos, William F., 1919-2008--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Military engineers--Biography |
| Keywords |
ROTC; West Point; Engineers; Army Air Corps |
| Description |
Transcript (75 pages) of an interview by Daniel McCool with Col. William F. Roos on November 11, 2004. This is from the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Roos (b. 1919) reminisces about his childhood and education in Utah, including his ROTC experience. He was attending West Point when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and he speaks at length about his experiences there. He was assigned to an engineering unit with the responsibility for turning the island of Guam into a military base. After the war he transferred to the Army Air Corps and earned a masters degree in civil engineering from the University of Iowa. He later served in Germany, Korea, Vietnam, and the Central Pacific. 75 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
75 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/s6vx2ftg |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military engineers |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025465 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx2ftg |
| Title |
Page 6 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025393 |
| OCR Text |
Show COL. WILLIAM F. ROOS November 11,2004 liked that when I was in high school. And then at the university, during the summer I would take a course called the Citizens Military Training Camp, CMTC. They don't do that anymore. But they had throughout the entire country the Citizens Military Training Camps. They didn t pay you a nickle, but for one month you got a nice summer vacation, and good food, and you learned how to be a soldier. And they had four different years. Now, since I had already had a year in ROTC they let me skip the first one, so I went in three different summers. And I could have gotten a commission through that source. And it was always held up at the Fort Douglas, Utah. And the course was one that-well, I'd say just appealed to me. I got a chance to see how the army operated and how it worked. And it was nice to see these big-I'm sure you've been up at Fort Douglas. DAN: Yes. BILL: In fact it's owned by the university now. DAN: Most of it. Part of it is military reserve, army reserve. BILL: Yes, I knew that, too. But they had these beautiful homes there where the officers lived, and I used to-during the CMTC-well, I would look at one and say, "Hey, you know, this looks to me like it's a pretty good deal." DAN: Yes, especially during the depression. BILL: During the depression it was really something. So that attracted me to it, to the army. And I also joined the National Guard. I was in almost everything that you could get into. DAN: While you were a student at the University of Utah? BILL: While I was a student at the university, yes. 4 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx2ftg/1025393 |
