| Title |
Paul Franke, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, October 2, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 304 |
| Alternative Title |
Paul Franke, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Franke, Paul, 1919-2014 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-10-02 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Dugway, Tooele County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Franke, Paul, 1919-2014--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Machinists--Biography; Veterans--Utah--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (48 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Paul Franke on October 2, 2001. This is tape number 304 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Franke (b. 1919) recalls growing up in Utah during the Depression, working at Kennecott until he was drafted in 1944, and working as a machinist in the army. He was discharged in 1946. 48 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
48 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/s68s6p48 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Machinists |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026319 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68s6p48 |
| Title |
Page 23 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026292 |
| OCR Text |
Show PAUL FRANKE OCTOBER 2, 2001 because they were the backbone of his ward. And he didn't want anything like that to be started around, that they had done nothing wrong. BBL: PAU: BBL: HEL: BBL: the bishop got up. PAU: So it had started in the ward then and bishop got up. Well that was World War I. Yeah, right. Well it's just like now with our, with the Muslims. Right. Oh, so that's interesting. Might put a stop to it, I guess, when Anyway after I applied for Pearl Harbor, the smelter got wind of it and they squashed it all. "This is not-we need him." And then I, in 1944, June of 1944, I turned twenty-five, and in the fall or August I got drafted because anybody who hadn't reached their twenty-sixth birthday got drafted. And we had two kids. HEL: Regardless of that he was in the vital industry. See, that was keeping him out till that point. BBL: Right. So now, when you went to the post office and told them that you operated a press, were you being assigned to a certain service? I mean in the Army, the avy? PAU: BBL: PAU: BBL: you? p No, no. As a civilian As a civilian. So you, it was aAnd they were making big money. Oh, I see. And so was the plan that Helen and the kids would go with Ohno! No. 22 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68s6p48/1026292 |
