| Title |
Preston Porath, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, May 24, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 248 and 249 |
| Alternative Title |
Preston Porath, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Porath, Preston, 1921- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-05-24 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; New Guinea; Okinawa, Japan; New Caledonia; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Porath, Preston, 1921- --Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Hospital ships; Seabees |
| Description |
Transcript (80 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Preston Porath on May 24, 2001. This is from tape numbers 248 and 249 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Porath (b. 1921) recalls his childhood in Hyrum, Utah and describes joining the Seabees as a Third-Class Petty officer. He served on the USS Rixey in the Pacific, including Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Okinawa, and New Caledonia. He speaks at length about life aboard a ship. 80 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
80 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/s64f3pz6 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025981 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64f3pz6 |
| Title |
Page 57 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1025956 |
| OCR Text |
Show PRESTON PORATH MA 24,2001 PRE: Yeah, Alameda Naval Air Station. I got my letter of assignment while I was home on leave. So I missed the Panama Canal again. BEC: PRE: BEC: Yeah. We finally made the Panama Canal two years ago. Is that right? PRE: On a cruise, yeah. And I was disappointed. The canal didn't raise you as far as I thought it would. The locks weren't as high (laughs). BEC: Oh. So by this time, had the war ended in the Pacific? Or do you remember that? PRE: BEC: PRE: Well, I was at Alameda when the war ended. Okay. And that night I didn't want liberty. Actually, that night we weren't given liberty. Nobody was allowed liberty. San Francisco went wild that night in town but we weren't there. They closed the base. We weren't allowed liberty then, so no one went. That's one night that I didn't test the Marines to see whether they'd let me go or not. I just didn't go. But really it was a long time. We just, like I say the Golden Gate in '48, we just thought we'd never get back to the States. The J aps had a lot of islands out there, see. Then they started side-stepping the islands, you see, instead of trying to take every island they'd jump around and cut the Japs off We were always afraid that Yap and Pelileu would be the tough spots to land, but they jumped around those, you see. BEC: So, in Alameda you were in the bake shop? PRE: In the bake shop. And about three days after I was there they, the fellow in charge-we had two watches, that is two different shifts, you see. One would 56 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64f3pz6/1025956 |
