| 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 67 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025454 |
| OCR Text |
Show COL. WILLIAM F. ROOS November 11, 2004 So I was glad when they finished that thing and we got out of there. But then I finally was assigned to the-when I got back from Algeria I went into Parsons office and I said, "Look, what have you got on the docket?" And they said, "Well, we just signed a contract with a federal government to manage the design and construction of all the railroad improvements between Washington, D. C. and Boston. And we'd like to have you go back there and run part of that. So, I said, "It will be just like going home, yes." So I came back here and I have stayed since. DAN: You've been in Washington ever since? BILL: I've been here in Washington since. DAN: But you remained working for Parsons? BILL: Yeah. I stayed with Parsons for 15 years. And it was a good project, and we did an awful lot of work on the railroads to-we straightened out curves. We completely redid the roadbed, put in new ties, and built new maintenance away bases; put in new stations even. We completely redid the Philadelphia station, and all that kind of stuff. DAN: That's a big project. BILL: So, finally, as it started running out of money, why, I said, "Well, this is a good time to retire for the second time. So ... DAN: So, did you work on that project for the full15 years you were at Parsons? BILL: Yeah. Well, it was after I moved here. The first ones I was on with, the smaller ones, in California. DAN: Okay. 65 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx2ftg/1025454 |
