| Title |
Ross Steele Harrison, February 9, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Frances Merrill |
| Alternative Title |
Ross Steele Harrison, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Harrison, Ross Steele, 1915-2006 |
| Contributor |
Merrill, Frances; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-02-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Dateland, Yuma County, Arizona, United States; Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, United States |
| Subject |
Harrison, Ross Steele, 1915-2006--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Army Air Corps; KP |
| Description |
Transcript (21 pages) of an interview by Frances Merrill with Ross Steele Harrison on February 9, 2004. Part of in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Harrison (b. 1915) enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 and attended basic training at Keesler Field. He served the majority of his army time at a base in Dateland, Arizona. He was discharged in 1945 at the rank of Corporal. Interviewed by Frances Merrill. 21 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
21 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/s6ff5vdn |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028362 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff5vdn |
| Title |
Page 11 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028350 |
| OCR Text |
Show Ro teele Harri on RSH: Up in Geiger Field, Washington. FHM: What were you doing up there? RSH: Well just biding our time. Well, let's see. I can't remember. FHM: Were you there very long? bruary 9, 2004 RSH: No, we were just there about maybe a month or two. We were really waiting to get on the list to go over to the Solomon Islands so that was a good experience up there because we had a lot of spare time. A lot of us, when our work would coincide, would go down and work part time at the railroad. We had some extra money and then time came to go overseas, when we were assigned units, they said "Well, tomorrow's the day." So we were all ready and packed and ready to go overseas the next day. In the meantime, maybe it was two days, but in the meantime, the point system came out, and by that time I had two children and so I had quite a few points. FHM: Explain what that the point system is? RSH: Well, you got so many points for being married. So many points for how old you were. So many points for being in the Army a certain length of time and schools you'd been to. There were a lot of things you got points for and I had plenty of points because of my family mainly. So anyway, they told us they had picked the ones out that had enough points and we didn't go. We didn't go to the Solomon Islands. FHM: All the single guys went though? RSH: Yes. Most of them did. FHM: Did they resent that? RSH: I don't think so, no. FHM: So what was your last day in the military like? 10 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff5vdn/1028350 |
