| 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 68 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030359 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROB RTD. H FF R FOLLOW- PI TERVIEW J R 22 2 04 as a interpreter because he could both think in English and Japanese and tran lat much quicker than Lieutenant Williams could. One of the first persons that we interviewed was the Chinese fisherman by the name of Kanemura and he told us that he had heard rumors that the story the Japanese told us about the prisoners of war being killed in a U.S. bombing raid was not true. Then, we met at night and interviewed three Korean gunzukus. These were three labor troops. They were named Ahn, Rim, and Kim. They reported that they had been sent to draw rations and had seen carcasses of what they thought were American prisoners hanging. Turned out later these were sheep carcasses. However, at first there were three American aviators captured and sent to Japan. These were Lieutenant Gg) Calvin D. Terry, Petty Officer Oscar Long Doyle, and a Lieutenant Gg) Connell. We contacted these three in the United States and found they were all three to be alive and well. The next prisoner of war captured was a radioman second class Wolf, and a survivor from a B-24. When Wolf was captured on July the 4th and the other survivor from the B-24 on August the gth_this is in 1944-they were bayoneted to death in the Kominato area, by privates Kido, Shimura, and Corporal Okamoto. They were beheaded by Lieutenant Colonel Ito, which was ordered by Captain Higashigi, who was General Tashibana's adjutant. February the 18th, in 1945, Ensign Floyd Ewing Hall, US Navy Reserve and another unidentified aviator, a petty officer, were rescued between Chichi Jima and Ani Jima, which is the northernmost island of the Bonins. On February the 22nd, the petty officer was beheaded by Lieutenant Gg) Morishata. The liver and thigh flesh were removed and sent to General Tashibana's headquarters where a party of the general, Colonel Kato, Major Matoba, Captain Kosuga, and Captain Enjo, participated. Captain 2 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64t8mfb/1030359 |
