| Title |
Ralph Wadley, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Joel Calderon, March 28, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 376 |
| Alternative Title |
Ralph Wadley, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Wadley, Ralph, 1920-2011 |
| Contributor |
Calderon, Joel C.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-03-28 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Hawaii; Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands |
| Subject |
Wadley, Ralph--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Personal narratives, American; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Schofield Barracks; Pearl Harbor; Fiji; Malaria |
| Description |
Transcript (18 pages) of an interview by Joel Calderon with Ralph Wadley on March 28, 2002. From tape number 376 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Wadley was born in Fowler, Colorado. He enlisted in the army, and was shipped to Hawaii. He was there at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, and discusses his experiences that day. He was part of the 25th Infantry Division and participated in the landings on Guadalcanal in January 1943. He contracted malaria and was sent to a hospital, first in the New Hebrides, then Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. He was discharged August 1943. Interviewed by Joel Calderon. 18 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
18 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/s6dv3mz0 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941); Guadalcanal, Battle of (Solomon Islands : 1942-1943) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026818 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dv3mz0 |
| Title |
Page 16 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026814 |
| OCR Text |
Show RALPH WADLEY 28 2002 JC: Oh, the World War I tyle ones? Briti h Army helmet ? You didn t g t th n w teel helmets for a while? RW: No, nope. In fact, I think we can see some of them here. I gue not. JC: Oh, right here. RW: Yes. JC: And that's you and ... ? RW: Another guy, McIntosh, I think was his name. JC: You remember all the people who served with you? RW: No. Somebody said "You remember him?" I said, "No, I have trouble remembering my own name!" (laughs) JC: Let's see, what else. I don't know if this book will help you, reference book. So, Guadalcanal was the only campaign you served in? The rest of the time you were back in the States seeing all these other young kids get drafted to go? RW: Yes. In fact when I got back I went to work for Mountain Bell, which at the time was a telephone company in Denver in '43. JC: By then, the war was like in full swing for the US. RW: Yes. My brother was into it at that time. JC: Did you get any letters from your brother describing where he was? Or wasn't he allowed? RW: He wasn't allowed to tell that. Of course, when he and I were together I could write and tell he was headed to Guadalcanal. JC: How did you and your brother end up in the same regiment? RW: Well, that was the way I planned it. Instead of having to serve a four-year hitch, you served a two-year hitch. That would serve your time required to meet the draft. So I 15 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dv3mz0/1026814 |
