| Title |
Grant J. Harris, Spanish Fork, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, January 26, 2001: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 521, 522 & 523 |
| Alternative Title |
Grant J. Harris, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Harris, Grant J., 1922-2013 |
| Contributor |
University of Utah. American West Center; Bahlmann, Benjamin J. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-01-26 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Hawaii; Ulithi, Caroline Islands; Okinawa, Japan; Japan |
| Subject |
Harris, Grant J., 1922-2013--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Bomber pilots--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (104 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with George W. Jenkins on January 26, 2001. From tape numbers 521, 522, and 523 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Harris (b. 1922) discusses his childhood, family life, and schooling in Utah. He enlisted in the Navy in January 1942 and was assigned to the V5 flight program associated with the College of Eastern Utah. After additional flight training at Los Alamitos, Corpus Christie, and Cape May, he took carrier landing training and was assigned to the USS Essex VBF-83 Fighter Group. Haris describes combat duties and flights in detail. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 104 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
104 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/s6sb67t1 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American; Military operations, Aerial--American; Bomber pilots |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031524 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb67t1 |
| Title |
Page 87 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031505 |
| OCR Text |
Show GRANT J. HARRIS J u 26 2001 BB: Okay, we're back. Did you ever get the shake or anything like that? GJH: No, I never had any outward effect from the fear or p ychological problem . I wa always able to control it. I did get the feeling that, "Hey, one more and maybe that' it." So when we finally heard about this atomic bomb thing, boy, we were tickled to death. We were so happy about it. It happened pretty close to us there. We had a fellow named Pine aboard who had been at MIT, as I recall, and he had studied a little bit, exploring the possibilities of nuclear things. He came in and told us about how this bomb had happened. We were surprised. We didn't think he was too sharp of a guy. But he told the whole ship about how an atomic bomb could happen and about nuclear fission. BB: Did you hear about the first one right away, and then about the next one? GJH: Yes, and we held off (further combat operations) after we'd heard that. We stood off east of Japan for a while. Then we heard about the second bomb. Then came the Armistice. Oh, we were so happy about it. BB: How did they announce that? Was it just over the ship's PA system? GJH: Yes, they got the whole system there. Then with the armistice they said, "We're all going home." Then all these intelligent war veterans acted like a bunch of kids. They were running and jumping and slapping each other on the back and yelling and singing. One guy sang some rather ribald songs over the PA system to half the ship (laughs). We were just so happy it was over. Then, finally, we were one of the first major ships to get back to the United States. We were headed ... BB: Let me interrupt you there. You were talking about how you flew over Japan to test the armistice. GJH: Yes, I was going to finish that, right. On this day after we'd flown around to see if they were going to fire on us. 86 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb67t1/1031505 |
