| 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 91 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1031509 |
| OCR Text |
Show GRANT J. HARRI BB: There were no cable to catch you or anything. GJH: No, we'd land and roll for a ways. BB: What did you do on the boat ride home? GJH: It was about a week. BB: Did you still fly patrols? GJH: No, we just tied the planes down and didn't fly. J u BB: During that slow ride home, did you have a chance to unwind or reflect? 26 2001 GJH: A little bit, yes. A lot of the fellows ... a friend of mine, a good LOS boy from up in Salt Lake or I thought he was, got in a poker game on the way back. During the time we were out there we couldn't spend our money, so it accumulated. They still paid us in green backs, generally. So we received our officer's pay and half again as much in hazardous duty pay. So each of us accumulated quite a bit of money while we were there. I came home with ten or twelve thousand dollars, which in those days was an awful lot of money. BB: Really? GJH: All through my Navy experience, I really hadn't spent much. I really had no reason to. BB: You had that in hard currency, aboard with you? GJH: No, most of mine was home in a bank by that time, but I still had a couple thousand on me. This fellow from Salt Lake got in a poker game and lost everything he had on the way back, poor guy. That's what was happening all through the ship, poker games, night and day, night and day. Then we got back in Seattle and went out and found out that boiled eggs and fried eggs were good. They'd been very strong aboard ship. 90 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb67t1/1031509 |
