| 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 115 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1032806 |
| OCR Text |
Show JAME LARE LAMPH M R H 4 9 2004 trailer court. I had the ugliest human being you ve ever looked at build min . B y wa h a carpenter; man, he was a carpenter. I treated him right treated him nice and ju t b [! r I left to come back to the States to pick up my wife, I give him kind of a worn out pair of shoes that fit him, and said, "Now, you do a good job." I never bothered him. But all the other fellows, seemed like after the houses got started, they want something changed. This ugly gentleman would ask me what I wanted changed. I said, "Absolutely nothing. You just do a good job of what you're doing." So I left and brought my wife back. When I took her in to show her the place after we got back, I was the only one that had a bath tub, because they were built like a trailer with no bath tub, just a shower head. And this guy had built me a tile bath tub and the windows were as tight as tight. Some of the other houses that got built, you could see cracks around the windows; they weren't tight at all. So we had a real nice tight house. I had a real good house. I don't know what the other guys used, but I built an electric stove. I also found pieces of refrigeration units in the dump, and I was able to get the refrigeration units started. I think all of the rest of them had iceboxes. I built a refrigerator, so I had a regular refrigerator instead of an icebox. I had a cooling unit in my icebox, so I was able to build a complete refrigeration outfit. Really, it was first class. BEC: You were in Japan about four years? JIM: Yeah. That was good duty. My wife really enjoyed it, and so did I. BEC: The kids like it, too? JIM: The kids loved it. My wife had a maid all the time she was over there. She didn't do anything. The maid did it all. The only thing she had to do was just have fun. BEC: So did that end your service? 115 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6224wtv/1032806 |
