| Title |
Joseph A. Cha, Price, Utah: an interview by Winston P. Erickson, June 28, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 460 & 461 |
| Alternative Title |
Joseph A. Cha, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Cha, Joseph A., 1921-2009 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-06-28 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Algeria; Tunisia; Italy; Carbon County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Cha, Joseph A., 1921-2009--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Aircraft mechanics; Army Air Corps; Aerial photographs; Photographic reconnaissance; Panama Canal; Coal mining; Mining camps; Coal miners |
| Description |
Transcript (50 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Joseph A. Cha on June 28, 2002. From tape numbers 460 and 461 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mr. Cha (b. 1921) was born in Kenilworth, Utah. He discusses life growing up in coal mining camps of Utah. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 6, 1942. Received basic training at Fort Ord. Attended aircraft mechanics school in La Junta, Colorado. He was transferred to Kearns, Utah, for advanced training. Eventually he left from New York to leMarse. He was assigned to the 3rd Photo Recon group, 12th Photo Squadron in September 1943. Served as crew chief and mechanic for P-38s. He moved with his unit north into Italy where he stayed until the war ended in Europe. His group boarded ships to cross the Atlantic. VJ Day was announced as they approached the Panama Canal. Passed through the canal, turned around, passed through the opposite way and traveled to New Jersey. He was discharged from Fort Douglas in October 1945 at the rank of sergeant. Mr. Cha's career was spent working in the coal mining industry in Utah. Interviewed by Winston Erickson. 50 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
50 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/s6h43tjs |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028933 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h43tjs |
| Title |
Page 40 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1028922 |
| OCR Text |
Show JO PH . H 2 2002 JOE: Ye our planes and all were aboard. But when we g t t amp h nk the New Jersey side they were going to send us to North arolina. Th y want d u t send some of our gear. owe sent most of our gear to North Carolina. WIN: Okay. So you'd been in some time. How many points did you have by th n? Were you still short a point? JOE: Was I still short? No, I made up that point. When I got to Camp Shanks, when I'd been on board this ship they said, "Now you've got eighty-two points. We' ll send you home. You can go and get your discharge." So I came to Fort Douglas and got my discharge there at Fort Douglas. But during the time I was overseas, my commanding officer was Elliot Roosevelt, son of the President. He was the commanding officer of the 901 h Wing. He was over the groups in North Africa then. Later on he became a brigadier general over the whole photographic units of North Africa and Europe. [Editor's note: Elliott Roosevelt was the fourth of Franklin and Eleanor's six children. He flew a P-38 Lightning in the North African campaign of November 1942. He attained the rank of Brigadier General in 1945. During World War II he accompanied FDR as a military attache to the Casablanca meeting and the subsequent Cairo and Tehran Conferences. As an Army photo reconnaissance pilot, he and the men in his unit also played a key role in the Allied operations. Elliott describes his experiences with his father during the war years in his book, "As He Saw It". Elliott was involved in many different careers during his life, including a Texas radio station owner, a rancher, and for a term in the 1960s as the mayor of Miami Beach, Florida. He was also the author of numerous books, including a best selling mystery series in which his mother, Eleanor Roosevelt, is the 40 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h43tjs/1028922 |
