| 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 38 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1027947 |
| OCR Text |
Show K THW. B LDRID PRIL 0 200 grandkid would ask m (about my war experiences). ince that tim , I think I nly had two ever ask me 'What did you ever do in the war? o I didn' t n d to b o worried because they really don't care a whole lot, except for these two. My kids, I've had one who was in the National Guard for a while. H s not in now. He's out. Then I have one grandchild who's in the Air National Guard. He's had two tours, one in Kuwait and one in Iraq. He's now out of harm's way. But my generation, almost all of my cousins who were near my age were in. The next generation (back), there were five brothers and four of them were in, my dad and his three brothers, Bert, Claude and Charley. One, Larry, who they sometimes called Dutch, had a bad arm, and he was the only one who wasn't in. So when the need arose, we went. I've still got the service flag in my window for my grandson and I've still got the service flag, in what we call our Americana Room, that my mom flew when I was in. So we still have that and a picture of my ship and a picture of my military relatives and that sort of thing. So I guess we're kind of a flag-waving family. I guess that's all I have to say. I've worried for a long time that I hadn't seen more action, but now I realize how fortunate I was and I guess what time I did put in was a little bit of a contribution at least. I don't know. My son's father-in-law, Reece Robertson, was a fighter pilot with the Air Force who was shot down and spent time in a POW camp. When you stack my war record up against his, and even against Lael and LaVarr Woodbury's, my own brothers-in-law, I come off looking pretty shaky. BEC: Well, a lot of that was your age. Lael (Lael Woodbury, Ken's brother-in-law who managed to join the Navy at age fifteen) found another way in. KEN: No kidding. That was remarkable. 38 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr705h/1027947 |
