| Title |
Lael Jay Woodbury, Provo, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, April 9, 2005: Saving the Legacy tape no. 722 |
| Alternative Title |
Lael Jay Woodbury, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Woodbury, Lael J. (Lael Jay), 1927-2013 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2005-04-09 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Subject |
Woodbury, Lael J. (Lael Jay), 1927-2013--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--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; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (57 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Lael Jay Woodbury on April 9, 2005. From tape number 722 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Mr. Woodbury was born on July 3, 1927, in Fairfield, Idaho. He discusses his family, childhood and the Depression. His father was an unsuccessful farmer, but had success in several other small businesses in Logan, Utah. Due to Mr. Woodbury's size and appearance, he was able to work his way into the Navy at age 15 (August 1942). Took boot camp in San Diego, California, then additional training at Treasure Island. He was assigned to the Naval Mobile Hospital (MOB3) in Samoa performing seaman duties. Worked up to an electrician's mate 2nd class rating. Performed duty in Samoa for 22 months during which time he contracted elephantitis and was sent to Treasure Island. Following his recovery, he was assigned to the USS Duluth CL-87, a light cruiser that served in the Pacific as part of Task Force 58 (38), part of the 5th Fleet. They traveled to Okinawa in preparation for the invasion of Japan. He participated in the battle in Okinawa where he received a battle star. He describes his experiences there and elsewhere aboard ship. He was recalled home because of his wife's illness and the war ended before he could rejoin his ship. He was sent to the east coast on the USS Tidewater, a destroyer tender and traveled to Guam. He was separated in December 1946. Mr. Woodbury was chair of the Theater Department at Brigham Young University and later served as Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at the same institution. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 57 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
57 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/s61z66gh |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033379 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61z66gh |
| Title |
Page 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033343 |
| OCR Text |
Show L EL JAY WOODBURY PRJ 9 20 The adult worm can live in the lymph ve els for five to even year and p riodically give birth to thousands of microscopic larval worms that circulate in the blood and are picked up by the mosquitoes, which transmit the disease. The larval worm can be killed by anti-parasitics to limit the spread of the disease, but the adult worms are difficult to kill and so the treatments need to be repeated periodically. ] The Samoans still could walk around. It didn't kill them or anything. But that was a disease of the tropics. You get it by being bitten by mosquitoes, I was told. I don't know that it's life-threatening- ! was told that I would carry the malady forever, but that it would be forever dormant in my body unless I returned to the tropics. It might be there to this day. I look upon it as a blessing to me because when you leave the tropics then everything becomes dormant. I never had evidence of it in my legs or feet, but, well, that I had it is part of my medical record. It starts in the scrotum. The medic checks for it by feeling the vessels above or behind the testicles. If those cords are swollen, that is evidence of elephantiasis. That fact was well known. As soon as I showed such manifestations-after being in Samoa for twenty-two months-the doctor said, "Well, it's time for you to go home." So, they sent me home, back to the States. For almost two years I served in Samoa. I didn't get any other infection. A few years later I did get a growth in my groin that looked like I had an egg underneath my skin, a hen's egg. The doctor said that was part of it my tropic legacy. He simply stuck a needle in it and withdrew the liquid that was in it. It never came back. I carry a little scar in my groin where it was there, but that's all. So I came back to the States, to Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. 22 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61z66gh/1033343 |
