| Title |
Kenneth W. Baldridge, Pleasant Grove, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 30, 2005: Saving the Legacy tape no. 723 |
| Alternative Title |
Kenneth W. Baldridge, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Baldridge, Kenneth W., 1926- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2005-04-30 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States |
| Subject |
Baldridge, Kenneth W., 1926- --Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American |
| Keywords |
Great Depression; Aircraft Warning System; Naval Reserve; V12; Signalmen |
| Description |
Transcript (39 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Kenneth W. Baldridge on April 30, 2005. From tape number 723 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Baldridge (b. 1926) was born in Modesto, California and describes growing up in the Depression. He joined the Aircraft Warning System of the Ground Observers Corps prior to enlisting in the Navy in December of 1943. He attended the College of the Pacific and University of California at Berkeley in the Naval ROTC program. He was sent to Great Lakes Naval Training Center for boot camp, then attended signal school. He was assigned to the USS Rendova, a CVE-114 based in San Diego as a training vessel. Discharged in 1946, Baldridge stayed in the reserves for eight years. His civilian career was as a professor of history. 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/s6qr705h |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027949 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr705h |
| Title |
Page 32 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027941 |
| OCR Text |
Show KE ETH W. BALDRIDG PRI '20 that was accurate or not as I look back on it. Of course her in Pl a ant Forestry Office is right here in town. In those days in California a a for uld have been off by yourself a lot. So if I had one or the other already going eith r marriage or the career going already, then melding the other into it would probably work. But starting both at the same time, I didn't think would be too smart. So what would I do? I talked a little bit about going into business with her dad. I said, "Naw". I didn't want to do that. What do I like? Well, I like history. I'd always enjoyed history. I hadn't thought about becoming a teacher but I thought, "Well, why not?" As I say, my mom had been a teacher and several of her aunts and her sister had been teachers. So that's when I decided. So I came back to California to find us a place to stay and got a job, a part time job, and possibly get enrolled in school. Then I went back in June. We actually got married on June 8, 1948. BEC: Oh? KEN: We were pretty young. I was twenty-one and she was seventeen. But it looks like that teenage marriage might make it. We've been married fifty-seven years now, this June. BEC: Wow. KEN: Well, in June. We're just getting started. BEC: You've got a long way to go now. KEN: My son found something about the Rendova on the internet. So a couple of years ago my wife and I went with a buddy, Al Elliot, and his wife, Nancy, from Connecticut down to Charleston, South Carolina, and there was a reunion of the Rendova (crew). It was interesting because I didn't know anything about what happened to the Rendova after 32 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr705h/1027941 |
