| Title |
Robert D. Shaffer, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 29, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 448 and 449 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert D. Shaffer, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Shaffer, Robert D., 1917-2015 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-04-29 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Hawaii; Solomon Islands; Guam; Bonin Islands, Japan; Japan; Korea |
| Subject |
Shaffer, Robert D., 1917-2015--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Marines--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Midway, Battle of, 1942--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Jimmy Doolittle; Doolittle's raid; USS Hornet (Ship); Panama Canal; USS Montpelier; War crimes trials |
| Description |
Transcript (72 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Robert D. Shaffer on April 29, 2002. From tape numbers 448 and 449 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Shaffer (b. 1917) recalls growing up in Vandalia, Illinois, and discusses the Depression. He participated in ROTC at the University of Illinois and was commissioned in the Marine Corps in 1940. He served aboard the USS Hornet at the time of Pearl Harbor, recalls Doolittle's raid over Tokyo, and the battle of Midway. He also served aboard the Montpelier and saw action in the Solomon Islands. After a period on Guam, he was assigned to occupation duty on Chichi Jima in the Bonin Islands, where he served as the senior member of the board of investigation for war crimes. He also served in Korea as naval gunfire officer for the 1st Marine Division. He retired in 1961 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 72 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
72 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/s64t8mfb |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American; Midway, Battle of (1942) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030365 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64t8mfb |
| Title |
Page 19 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030310 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT D. HAFFER PRIL 29 2002 we got through all right except the port life raft was torn off. We d slipped again t th side. So then we went around and went into San Diego for a couple of day . an Diego at that time was a typical Navy town there. Have you ever been to San Diego? BEC: ROB: BEC: ROB: I've been to San Diego, yeah. Recently? Well, about four years ago. Oh, well, I mean, it's a city now but then it was a little Navy town, full of bars and prostitute hangouts, that type of thing. But then we went up to the Naval Air Station in Alameda, and they loaded aboard sixteen of these B-25s. And at the time we were told we were going to ferry them out to Pearl Harbor. The crews came with them and this was Doolittle's group. But they'd apparently been warned to stay to themselves and not say anything because they sort of hung together. I don't even know that I met any of them. But we went up then to San Francisco and anchored there and we were there overnight, something like that. But going back-I keep remembering things. The first time I ever heard of Jimmy Doolittle, I was a Boy Scout in Vandalia and every year the Boy Scout troop got to make a trip and we went down to Scott Field in Belleville, Illinois-that's in the southwestern part of the state. It was sort of a military air show. The only thing I remember about it was Jimmy Doolittle was a stunt pilot and he was flying a bi-plane that he'd come down and bounce off the ground and so forth. But that was the first time I'd heard of him. The second time was, once we were out to sea leaving San Francisco, then we were told over the loudspeaker what we were going to do. But we went, I guess you'd say, in a northwest course. There were a couple of cruisers (Nashville and Vincennes) and destroyers with us. And then somewhere way north of the Hawaiian 19 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64t8mfb/1030310 |
