| Title |
William Sackett, February 23, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Frances Merrill |
| Alternative Title |
William Sackett, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Sackett, William, 1922-2009 |
| Contributor |
Merrill, Frances; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-02-23 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Subject |
Sackett, William, 1922-2009--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine; United States. Navy--Submarine forces; Submariners--Biography |
| Keywords |
Submarines |
| Description |
Transcript (20 pages) of an interview by Frances Merrill with William Sackett on February 23, 2004. Part of the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Sackett (b. 1922) was drafted into the Navy and attended basic training at Camp Bennion. He received further training in San Diego, Key West, Newport, and on Long Island. He was assigned as a torpedoman 3rd class to the USS Cart, and spent most of his time on lookout. Interviewed by Frances Merrill. 20 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
20 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/s6n038mx |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--Submarine--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026869 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n038mx |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1026856 |
| OCR Text |
Show h didn t think I had s en what I would tell him I d seen. W w re within ab ut a . . . h, le than a quarter-mile of the submarine when I seen it. FHM: Did you ever go on leave when you were in the military? WS: Yes. I came on leave when I left boot camp, and came to Salt Lake and then went down to San Diego. And when I left San Diego I had about ten days before we had to report in London, Connecticut. And before we went overseas we had another short leave. I think I had five days, and it took me almost five days to get home. So I called on the telephone and asked for an extension, and they gave me five more. FHM: Did you travel very much while you were in the military? WS: Oh, I'd say I traveled during all the things I had to do with the navy. We went to Key West, Florida for training on an 0-Boat. That's a small submarine. And we went to Newport, Rhode Island for gunnery training. And we had submarine training-advanced submarine training-at New London. We went quite a bit out from New London for training, down in Long Island Sound. And then when we left the states we went through the Panama Canal and then went to Hawaii. FHM: When you went to New London did you say Maine or New Hampshire from San Diego? WS: No. Went to New London, Connecticut. FHM: Oh, Connecticut. How did you travel? Did you travel by ship? WS: By train. FHM: And can you explain what that's like, to travel by train? WS: Well, we slept most of the time. We'd been on duty quite a bit before that, and so we slept. 8 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n038mx/1026856 |
