| Title |
Robert Earl Compton, West Jordan, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, July 7, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 679 |
| Alternative Title |
Robert Earl Compton, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Compton, Robert Earl, 1925-2007 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-07-06 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Algeria; Italy; Philippines; Japan |
| Subject |
Compton, Robert Earl, 1925-2007--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Oran; Naples; Pompeii |
| Description |
Transcript (42 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Robert Earl Compton on July 6, 2004. From tape number 679 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Compton (b. 1925) quite high school to join the Navy in 1942 at age 17. He was assigned to duty near Norfolk, Virginia, where he learned to operate LSVPs. He served aboard the USS Oberon and the Samuel Chase in Africa and the Pacific, driving landing craft loaded with men and supplies to beach landings. After the war he delivered supplies to Japanese harbors. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 42 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
42 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/s60g5n6s |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032332 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5n6s |
| Title |
Page 34 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032323 |
| OCR Text |
Show ROBERT RL OMPTO J 7 2 04 BEC: Oh [Reading] Merry Christmas from North Africa. The offic r ab ard th Oberon wish you a merry Christmas to all." So did some of your shipmates tart g tting sent home soon after that? BOB: No, it wasn't that quick. We went on over. .. we were scheduled to land in Aomori, on Honshu, which is on the north end of the 1 apanese mainland. We were scheduled to land there. In fact, they already had me scheduled for the second wave. Then they had just dropped the second bomb and by that time the war started to be over. Then we went over to Tokyo. We went right into Tokyo Harbor and dropped off a bunch of stuff for administrative offices to be set up. They were supplies like typing paper, I guess, and guns and stuff to set up secure headquarters and hardware. It was just junk and supplies. That's what we were off-loading the first time we went into Tokyo. Then we went into Yokohama after that and did the same thing. We'd go back to the Marianas and made two trips doing that. Then guys started getting out on points, they called it. You had enough points to get out, if you were old enough, if you had family, if you'd been in the service for so long and if you'd seen some kind of action. Guys with all that had the highest number of points. I had plenty of points but I couldn't get out anyway until I was twenty-one. Which was another year. But I didn't want out anyway. I was having a ball, with the Japanese movies. BEC: So did you wind up being based in Japan? BOB: We were in Tokyo Harbor, anchored there for a week the first time. Then, when we went back, we went back into Yokohama, then we went up north on Honshu to a smaller town up there. But anyway, we waltzed across one of those cities where the 34 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5n6s/1032323 |
