| 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 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028466 |
| OCR Text |
Show WILLIAM MITH BIL: Very. BEC: Now what year, about, was this? BIL: This is 1942. BEC: Forty-two. Oh. EPT B R 19, 2001 BIL: All that happened in '42. In the meantime I finally read the Book of Mormon one night. I went home and there was a party going on and I didn't want to get involved in it. We were living in officer's quarters at the time and so I just went in my room and there was that Book of Mormon, the only thing in the room to read. I picked it up and began reading it and I knew it was true the minute I started reading. I didn't know what was happening to me but I could feel it. And so about ten days later I began reading it again, the same thing happened. So then I knew it was true. So then I began going into Honolulu occasionally and I joined the Church on February 29, 1943. In the meantime, she had gone to President McKay, who she knew-the president of the Church-asking him what she should do. He said, "Have you ever written him asking him if he would join the Church?" She said, "No," because other friends of hers had this happen and they didn't stay happy. He said, "Try it." So she wrote to me and I wrote to her and I wrote to her that I had joined the Church. Our letters crossed on the ocean. And I received her letter a day or so after I sent her mine, telling her that I had joined the Church. So then President McKay sent her back over to Hawaii, at her request-they had to be pastors or clergymen of some kind (because of wartime transportation restrictions )-so they set her apart as a stake clerk and sent her back to Hawaii. They got her on a boat, and she lost more weight, she got very thin from being very seasick for several days. But we married six 19 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z05b7c/1028466 |
