| 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 68 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025455 |
| OCR Text |
Show COL. WILLIAM F. ROOS November 11,2004 BILL: Yeah. So I was with Parsons a total of 15 years, but the last only about 12 were here. DAN: So what year was it when you retired for the second time? BILL: It was about ' 83 , I think. DAN: It was 1983. Okay. And have you stayed retired? BILL: Yeah, yeah. I just- I've been as busy as I ever was when I was working just doing, oh, what I like to do. DAN: Good. BILL: I monkey around with the guitar once in a while. I took up the piano. At 82 years of age I started playing the piano. DAN: That's great. That is great. BILL: And the guitar-I'm not very good on the guitar because I haven't got my fingers with callouses on them. You've got to get callouses on them. DAN: Yeah. That takes a little practice. When you look back on all this was there a defining moment, a watershed, one particular point where it really, truly changed your life? BILL: No, unless you could say going to West Point. Going to West Point was the biggest change in my life. DAN: A truly life changing experience? BILL: Yes, yes. It was it. Everything before West Point was A, and everything after West Point was B. Although I still considered myself from Utah. End of tape 2, side 1 BILL: Well, at least we haven't lost all this. That would be ... 66 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx2ftg/1025455 |
