| 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 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028589 |
| OCR Text |
Show harle D. now 21 bruary 2 0 CHA: In part, yes, because I'd had some uranium experience and th y n d d m h lp up at the operation. So actually I was transferred up there. By that time Bonni and I had had our first son; our oldest son Charles Russell was born in April 1954. And o we w r off to Riverton, Wyoming. We got up, and hauled our trailer house up to Wyoming and on out to the Lucky Me Mine site east of Riverton. We spent almost two years with a trailer out there. WIN: What were your activities and work there? CHA: Activities there-we were on the early exploration of the Lucky Me property. The work there entailed drilling and logging the drill holes, and mapping the ore bodies at the Lucky Me Mine. WIN: Did you take core samples? CHA: We took some core samples. Coring was very difficult because the Wind River formation that we were drilling in was a Tertiary formation that wasn't very well consolidated, and so we got very poor core recovery. A fellow by the name of Howard Bartlett and I (Howard was also from the University ofUtah; '53 if I recall) one morning, well, it was getting near Christmas time, and we had to get the information because Utah Construction Company's option was going to run out. People were dragging their feet, and didn't know whether to spend more money on this wild cat adventure or not. So we had to come up with an answer by some time in January. It was very cold, and we were trying to core, and the water was freezing in the rigs before we could pump it down the hole. So one of the fellows that was in charge of Utah's operation, Jack Bailey, said, "We've got a bunch of diesel fuel. Let's use it." So we started using diesel fuel for the circulation medium to bring the cuttings out of the drill hole. 24 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ck0gh9/1028589 |
