| Title |
James Clare Lamph, Bountiful, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 4 & 9, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 646 |
| Alternative Title |
James Clare Lamph, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Lamph, James Clare, 1921-2013 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-03-04; 2004-03-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, United States; Algeria; Tunisia; Italy; England, United Kingdom; Okinawa, Japan |
| Subject |
Lamph, James Clare, 1921-2013--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe, Southern--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Great Depression; Army Air Corps; Cooks; Bakers; Parachutes; Thermite bombs; Forest fires; Ghost of Ramsbury Hill; Submarines |
| Description |
Transcript (125 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with James Clare Lamph on March 4 and 9, 2004. From tape number 706 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Lamph (b. 1921) enlisted in the Army Air Corps in January 1940. He attended cook and bakers school in Presidio, San Francisco. He served in Portland, Oregon, and at Westover Field, Massachusetts, prior to sailing on the USS West Point, which landed in Liverpool, England. He was sent to Ramsbury Air Base and reassigned as a parachute rigger. He also built gliders. He served in Italy, and the British West Indies before being demobilized at Fort Douglas, Utah. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 125 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
125 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/s6224wtv |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032817 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6224wtv |
| Title |
Page 61 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032752 |
| OCR Text |
Show JAME LARE LAMPH M R H 4 9 200-t across the desert another way. That big sheik s nine passenger Buick tipp d v rand skidded across the desert another way, and out come the bodies. Bodies wer ju t a flying out of that thing. So we stopped to help the people, but being wise we followed the skid marks out into the desert. They hadn't hit a landmine. None of them blew up. So they skidded across the desert and missed all the landmines. Their angle was probably just right. So they skidded across the desert. Well, I was closest to the Buick. I went to the Buick. I didn't know who we'd seen falling out of it. As I went around the Buick, here this female was, about eighteen to twenty, lying unconscious on ground. Her white cape was off to one side. Here she was lying on the desert. So I started checking her over. I checked her legs, and made sure she didn't have broken legs. I checked her arms and made sure they weren't bruised too bad, and she didn't have broken arms. I very carefully checked around her head and her neck to see if she had got a broken neck. I figure, "Hey, this is a lucky gal." Of course, we always carried canteens. She had a nose and mouth full of dirt. So I held her head up and cleaned her mouth and nose out and poured water across her face, and she came to. She was startled. So I brushed her clothes off and put her in a sitting position, and put the clothes around her and asked if she could stand up. I wanted to see if she could stand up to see if she was able. She finally stood up, and she just stood there crying. Her head was bare so her face was open. I looked at the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my life. We always have what a person should look like. Maybe you have the idea what a perfect man should look like, what everything should fit. She was the girl of my dreams. 61 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6224wtv/1032752 |
