| Title |
Joseph Ulrich Beck, Sandy, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, July 8, 2006: Saving the Legacy tape no. 680 |
| Alternative Title |
Joseph Ulrich Beck, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Beck, Joseph Ulrich, 1922-2006 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-07-08 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, United States; Marshall Islands |
| Subject |
Beck, Joseph Ulrich, 1922-2006--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
Naval hospitals; Military hospitals |
| Description |
Transcript (16 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Joseph Ulrich Beck on July 8, 2006. From tape number 680 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Beck (b. 1922) was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to a military family. He attended Utah State University prior to enlisting in the Navy. He received his basic training in San Diego and attended hospital corps school in Balboa Park. He served on the staff of Long Beach Naval Hospital before being assigned to a CVE 96, USS Salamaua. He later served at a military hospital on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 16 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
16 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/s6m34xtk |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033110 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m34xtk |
| Title |
Page 9 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033101 |
| OCR Text |
Show JO EPH ULRICH BECK J L 2004 Anyway, I was in charge of the office the records in Base Ho pital Tw nty- our. Pretty soon there came a time when we started to compute points for discharge. When we started to compute points for discharge, I was in charge of it. I, being the way I was did a little forgery on my own point system. Finally, I announced that I was ready to be discharged. I went around the island and I had different men, difference guys on the island, sign a little farewell book for me [shows book]. See that's Kwajalein and the date. Guys wrote in my book and stuff wishing me good luck in leaving the islands. Anyhow, I got the report in the office that the USS Andrew Jackson was coming in the next couple of days. It was going to stop at Kwajalein overnight but it would accept no passengers. It was heading for California. So I worked up all the discharge papers and got them all signed. I even made out emergency papers. I went down and got me a small craft and when the Andrew Jackson came in, I went out and called up that I was coming aboard. They said, "You can't." After a while they said, "All right, climb the rope ladder." So I climbed the rope ladder with my backpack and told them I was going back with them. They said, "You can't. We said no passengers." I said, "Well, it's an emergency." "All right go find someplace to bunk." Well, the USS Andrew Jackson had come out of the Marianas, out of the deep jungles. I walked around this ship and down in this ship. Everyone on this ship was a rough, hard, black Army serviceman who'd seen years of combat. They all carried weapons and knives and they were loud and atrocious. There wasn't an inch on that ship that was available. I ended up going up on the deck and crawling under a lifeboat. There was a protective canvas that I wound up drooping down. Finally, I made myself a home away from home. After a while they called my name to report and I didn't report. I 9 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m34xtk/1033101 |
