| Title |
Charles D. Snow, Ivins, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, 21 February 2003 : Saving the Legacy tape no. SL-589 |
| Alternative Title |
Charles D. Snow, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Snow, Charles D., 1926- |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003-02-21 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Okinawa, Japan; Philippines; Borneo; China |
| Subject |
Snow, Charles D., 1926- --Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Metcalf; Destroyers |
| Description |
Transcript (33 pages) of an interview by Winston Erickson with Charles D. Snow on February 21, 2003. From tape number 589 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Snow (b. 1926) recalls his Utah youth and describes enlisting in the Navy in 1944. He took his basic training in Farragut, Idaho, then was sent to Bremerton, Washington. He was commissioned on the USS Metcalf and served in the Pacific until 1946. Interviewed by Winston Erickson. 33 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
33 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/s6ck0gh9 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028599 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ck0gh9 |
| Title |
Page 18 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028582 |
| OCR Text |
Show Charle D. now 21 ebruary 200 WIN: What would you do when you came into a place like hanghai? W uld y u g t shore leave? CHA: We had shore leave in a lot of the small communities. Of course, we were all away from north China clear down to Hainan at different times, and occasionally we'd get ashore. We were ashore on Chinwangtao, and Tsingtao, and of course Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Of course the Great China Wall comes to the sea just north of Chinwangtao, and we did get to see that. To us Chinwangatao was very primitive. The streets were unpaved, open gutters in the street, and things like this. It has a smell that I remember still. WIN: Well, it must have been an eye opening experience for you, nevertheless, to be able to see all that. CHA: When I was going to school and after, as I was growing up in Salt Lake, I at one time thought maybe I'd be a teacher, and I was really going to help change the world. I was going to maybe go to China and help educate people there. After spending the time that we did in China, I decided I wasn't man enough for the job. WIN: Then it was an eye opening experience, maybe a life altering experience for you. [laughing] In March then you arrived back. CHA: Yeah, we came back to the states and we stayed in San Diego and we decommissioned the Metcalf there, and mothballed it, so to speak. We covered all the guns, and put desiccant material inside of all of the structures so that they'd absorb any moisture that we might not have got out before we closed them in. It stayed in San Diego for some time. Eventually it was towed to up by San Francisco and eventually was sold for scrap. 17 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ck0gh9/1028582 |
