| 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 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025406 |
| OCR Text |
Show COL. WILLIAM F. ROOS November 11, 2004 BILL: Yeah. But after Pearl Harbor it was decided that the course would be shortened to three years. And, so, we were then designated as the class to graduate on June 1st 1943. So it was exactly three years. My class was only in there for three years. DAN: So your class was the first one to do the three year course? BILL: The first three year class, yes. The one before us, that normally would have graduated in '43, was moved up. And they actually graduated in January, 3-1/2 years. Then we came along in June, and we graduated in three years. And from then on, for the rest of the war, it was three years. And then after-by '47 they then split it again and went back to four years. DAN: Back to four years. BILL: But after Pearl Harbor-and we were on a three year basis-things went into overdrive at West Point. DAN: Now, everybody always says they can distinctly remember when they heard Pearl Harbor was bombed. Do you remember where you were? BILL: Oh, yeah. Definitely. It was on a Sunday afternoon. By the time we got it it was about 2:00 or 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon when we heard it. And we were just thinking, what are we going to do? Are they going to graduate us tomorrow, or what is going to happen? There were wild rumors. DAN: So, you were at West Point? BILL: I was at West Point when Pearl Harbor took place. DAN: Okay. Did you hear it over the radio? Is that how it came in? BILL: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Somebody heard it over the radio and yelled across the area. 17 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx2ftg/1025406 |
