| Title |
William Smith, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, July 15, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 684 |
| Alternative Title |
William Smith, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Smith, William, 1919-2013 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-07-15 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Hawaii; Campo, San Diego County, California; United States |
| Subject |
Smith, William, 1919-2013--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Bookkeeping; Financial disbursement |
| Description |
Transcript (36 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with William Lester Smith on July 15, 2004. From tape number 684 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Smith (b. 1919) was born in Graybull, Wyoming. He discusses his childhood, family, schooling, jobs and the Depression. He joined the Army in September 1939, received training on Angel Island near San Francisco, California, and was later shipped to Hawaii. He first worked in the chemical warfare office before taking assignment in the finance office, where he was working when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He attended Officer Candidate School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was subsequently assigned to Camp Lockett, California, in disbursement, until he was discharged in September 1945. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 36 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
36 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/s6z05b7c |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028484 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z05b7c |
| Title |
Page 3 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028450 |
| OCR Text |
Show WILLIAM SMITH EPTEMB R 19,2001 gas or anything, but they took the gas out of the ground on their property and piped it into their home to this gas heater, so they had free heat. But I'm surprised that in those days somebody didn't get asphyxiated because there was no ventilation and they just used the oxygen within the room, so I think back on that wondering how they lived through it. But there was a lot of gas in those days in that area and it was just coming out of the ground in flames. BEC: Wow. BIL: I was just a tiny child, I guess, but I still remember. I must have gone back there and seen it when I was a little bit older. BEC: Yes. So were your parents living with your grandparents? BIL: No. They had their own home. BEC: Did they live on that island, too? BIL: They lived on the island. My grandparents lived in Graybull. BEC: Oh. So your parents lived on the island, but your grandparents lived in town? BIL: Yes. BEC: I see. Okay. So you say you weren't there very long? BIL: No. I think we were there only three years. Then we went back to Missouri where my mother had grown up. Then we came back to Wyoming again, several years later. BEC: So did a job take your family to Missouri, or do you know why you went there? BIL: I don't know, but then my father got a job in Laramie, Wyoming, and we moved there. He worked as an electrician and also as a farmer. He also had a farm, a ranch, a dairy farm-and I helped on that. BEC: Did you enjoy that work? 3 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z05b7c/1028450 |
