| Title |
Lew W. Cross, January 20, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Frances Merrill |
| Alternative Title |
Lew W. Cross, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Cross, Lew W., 1927- |
| Contributor |
Merrill, Frances; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-01-20 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Philippines; Korea |
| Subject |
Cross, Lew W., 1927- --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; Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (24 pages) of an interview by Frances Merrill with Lew W. Cross on January 20, 2004. Park of the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Cross (b. 1927) joined the Navy in February 1944 and attended basic training in Farrigut, Idaho, before serving on the USS Ulysses S. Grant, USS Indiana, USS Greyhound, and the USS Sutherland. Discharged in October 1947, he joined the Naval Reserves and returned to active duty in 1950, serving at Treasure Island, California, and aboard the . He retired from military service in 1951. Interviewed by Frances Merrill. 24 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
24 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/s6qz4d1m |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American; Korean War (1950-1953) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031307 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qz4d1m |
| Title |
Page 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031303 |
| OCR Text |
Show Lew W. Cro January 20, 2004 FHM: Did they have warnings that typhoons were on their way and you would get out f th area? L WC: No, I don't know. I was reading an article that Halsey was told to get out of the area but he didn't do it. He was too busy chasing the Japanese Fleet. That's all I know about it. FHM: Who were your commanders? I mean, who was leading the show when you were in there? LWC: Well, there was-the Admiral was Wild Bill Halsey, most of the time. They called him Wild Bill Halsey. He was over the 7th Fleet. And then there was-oh, I can't remember his name. He was over the 3 rd Fleet. FHM: Who was the president when you served? LWC: When I went in, it was Franklin D. Roosevelt. FHM: How did you feel about him? LWC: He was a good man, I thought, a real good man. And then he died and Harry S. Truman took over. FHM: How did you feel about him? LWC: He was crude, but he was a good man. He's the type of man who said what he thought. FHM: Did you get involved politically at all at that time, or were you not interested at all? LWC: No,no. FHM: Did you ever read The Stars and Stripes? LWC: Once in a while. Yeah, we didn't get it all the time. Once in a while we'd get it and read it. And we listened to the overseas radio. We had radios on the ship, and we used to listen to the overseas radio and laugh at Tokyo Rose. 21 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qz4d1m/1031303 |
