| 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 13 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033105 |
| OCR Text |
Show JO EPH ULRICH BECK J JOE: Yes. There is a chapter in Kwajalein a veterans organization that print it. BEC: Oh, I see. JOE: You know, Kwajalein now is a fabulous place. BEC: Have you been back there? JOE: No, unfortunately, I haven' t. 2 04 BEC: You mentioned that you worked for the State of Utah here for twenty-some-odd years. JOE: Yes, What I did ... I know that this is off the subject of the service but I accompanied one of my friends who had graduated from the law school, at the time. He wanted to put in a private practice. He wanted me to come and help him so I went in and acted as his clerk. He got an invitation for an interview with Francis Smith out of Salem, Oregon. He had me go on the interview with him. By the time the interview was over, Francis Smith, the man who was offering him the job, offered me the job instead of him even though I didn't have a law degree. So I went with Credit Bureaus Incorporated out of Salem, Oregon. In those days, credit unions were big business. The business was expanding. I became the manager of the Bend Oregon Credit Bureau. So I did that for a while. Then, when my wife got pregnant with our first child, she wanted her child born in Utah because she was a dedicated Mormon. So I agreed to bring her back to Utah. I decided I wasn't going to leave her. So I went looking for a job. I found out from the White Employment Agency that they had an opening for an adjuster in the State Insurance Fund, Workman's Compensation, but you had to be an attorney. Anyhow, I went up and made an inquiry. I found out that the chief adjuster was one of my friends 13 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m34xtk/1033105 |
