| Title |
Jun Kurumada, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 18, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 339 |
| Alternative Title |
Jun Kurumada, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Kurumada, Jun, 1913-2013 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-04-18 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Japan |
| Subject |
Kurumada, Jun, 1913-2013--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Japanese American; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Keywords |
Tokyo; Sapporo; Yokohama; Dentists |
| Description |
Transcript (30 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Jun Kurumada on April 18, 2001. This is from tape number 339 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Jun Kurumada (b. 1913) graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in dentristry in 1937 and opened an office on Main Street in Salt Lake City. He reflects on life in Utah during World War II. He was drafted into the army in 1953 and was stationed in Tokyo, Sapporo, and Yokohama. 30 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
30 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/s6qr6w9p |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Japanese Americans |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026194 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr6w9p |
| Title |
Page 28 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026189 |
| OCR Text |
Show JUN KURUMADA 2 1 couple of years ahead of me in school but I met him down there and h aid, I think I 11 cut some orders and get you to come down here to Yokohama. I said That fin . I d like to come down." He says, "Besides, I need somebody to play golf with. (laughs) o he cut the orders when I was stationed at Camp Fowler and the general I think his nam was General Troxall, he called me in his office and he says, "I've got some orders for you here to transfer to Yokohama." He says, "I can't let you go unless they send an equivalent ranking dentist up here." BEC: Oh. Make an equal trade. JUN: Yeah. So he says, "Okay, we'll do that." So I talked to Colonel Kelly and he says, "That's fine. I'll send this other guy up there and you can come down here." The other fellow didn't play golf (laughs). BEC: He's dispensable. Get rid of him. That's funny. JUN: So he came up and the minute he came up, why, I packed my bags and went down to Yokohama. BEC: JUN: BEC: And finished up down there. I finished up at Yokohama. Well, I think you've had an interesting life. I'm impressed by a couple of things. The fact of how hard your parents must have worked to get you boys in school. JUN: Yeah. That's amazing to us. In fact I've talked to my brothers about that and said I just can't understand how he was able to do that when, you might say, everyone around him was not able to do that. And especially if you're a farmer, see. Of course, there were any number of, like I say, Japanese who were in business in Salt Lake 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr6w9p/1026189 |
