| 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 71 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1030362 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROB RT D. H FFER FOLLOW-UP I TERVIEW J 22 2004 ROB: No, we sat as a board of investigation and well I ll have to go back n wand say- have I told you about Major Horie? BEC: Yes. ROB: I told you about us taking a horseback ride? BEC: Right. ROB: Well, after a drink he broke down, and so forth. He was not a member of the upper class in Japan. You know, Japan's society, they have the Zaibatsu, who are the rich, and then the Samurai, and so forth. Horie came from, I think, a peasant family, but he was very smart. And he made it to the Imperial War College, and he was good. But he was resented by some of the higher classes. As a matter of fact, General Tashibana didn't go to the Imperial War College. So I think they resented Horie a bit, but he had been General Kuribayashi's chief of staff on Iwo Jima before the invasion, and he was transferred because they needed a competent chief of staff in Chichi Jima. That's how he ended up there. After we talked with Kanemura and the Koreans, and the Savory family, Major Horie persuaded other Japanese who were not as bloodthirsty, I guess, to cooperate and testify. And that's what all these are in this picture BEC: I see. So you were on this panel or a board who were listening to all this testimony. ROB: Yes. BEC: And you were deciding what should happen then to these criminals? ROB: Well, I'll show you. The first thing, I was commanding officer of the First Battalion, Third Marines, but this was an additional duty because Colonel Rixey needed someone- ! was the second senior officer on the island-to head this board. Then after 5 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64t8mfb/1030362 |
