| 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 75 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032766 |
| OCR Text |
Show J M L REL MPH R H 4 9 2004 END OF IDE B, TAPE 2 BEC: We are continuing our interview with James C. Lamph at his hom in Bountiful Utah. Today's date is March 9, 2004. This is part of the Saving the Legacy Project. My name is Becky Lloyd. Jim, do you remember where we were when we left off? JIM: Yeah, we were in Sicily. BEC: That's correct. JIM: And, I've been thinking about what I might say this time. Sicily, there wasn't too much going on. I didn't stay there too long. But there 's one thing I remember in Sicily. We flew a lot during the war, and one time I was flying over the Messina Straits, which is right between Italy and Sicily. The Messina Straits is noted for its rough air, turbulence. I remember I was sitting there looking at Mount Etna, which is the volcano on Sicily, and I noticed that the ailerons of the airplane that I was in were full tilt. I blinked my eyes, and when I opened my eyes again I was looking at Italy. The airplane had turned completely upside down in the blink of an eye, and the pilot must have felt it going and that's why the ailerons started to shift to stabilize the aircraft. I guess the pilot knew it was a real good jolt, and he'd turned the ailerons on the C-4 7 completely as far as they would go, yet the airplane still made a half wing-over. Everything in the plane started flying around. The loose tool boxes fell toward the ceiling 'cause we were flying upside down. I expected the airplane to make a complete roll up there, but it didn't. Because the ailerons were at full tilt, the pilot was able to right the plane. We got through that particular turbulence, and then the airplane 75 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6224wtv/1032766 |
