| Title |
Carl Joseph Santoro, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, June 28, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 670 |
| Alternative Title |
Carl Joseph Santoro, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Santoro, Carl Joseph, 1925- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-06-28 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Clearfield, Weber County, Utah, United States; Mare Island, Solano County, California, United States |
| Subject |
Santoro, Carl Joseph, 1925- --Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American |
| Description |
Transcript (39 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Carl Joseph Santoro on June 28, 2004. From tape number 670 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Santoro (1925) was inducted into the Navy in February 1944, and took basic training at Sampson Naval Training Station in Geneva, New York. He worked at Clearfield Naval Supply Depot as kitchen help, janitor, and boiler room personnel before being sent to Mare Island on a ship repair unit. Returned to Clearfield for MP duty prior to his discharge in April 1946. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 39 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
39 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/s6dc03zt |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027574 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dc03zt |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027543 |
| OCR Text |
Show RLJO EPH TORO 2 2004 AN: I 11 tell you one other thing about it. Saturday morning and aturday aft m n I'm playing and two of my men will be playing at the Sundance Resort aturday night too. They play in the Utah Symphony regularly. One of them is their principal clarineti t there, Tad Calcara. He's wonderful. BEC: When you played at this lecture he was there. SAN: Yes, he was there, and so was the bass player there, Lee Livingood. BEC: He's the other one who plays for the Symphony? SAN: Yes, he plays bass clarinet in the Symphony though. So they will both be with me next weekend. BEC: But they'll have three gigs on Saturday. SAN: They'll have three that day. In fact we're going to have to let him leave about ten minutes early. We're done at six o'clock at the senior center but we'll have to let them leave at ten to six because they got to get over and catch the bus to Sundance. BEC: Well I guess that's good to be busy like that. It's a nice problem to have. SAN: Yes, well they enjoy playing something other than symphony music. BEC: It's a nice change. Well, all right. So you said you decided to get into the war effort after your brother joined and your neighbor was killed. Unfortunately, you found out you were 4 F because of a hernia. SAN: Yes, I was really dumbfounded and shocked when I· came back 4F. Actually, I wanted to join as soon as I got out of school and my folks talked me out of it. My sister said, "Hey, Joe (the neighbor boy) has been killed. Your mother's worried about your brother Charlie. She says, 'He's next"'. So they said, "Why don't you wait? You'll be drafted soon anyhow." So I went and signed up when I was eighteen and no sooner did I 9 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dc03zt/1027543 |
