| Title |
Charles A. "Red" Beam, North Salt Lake, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, July 11, 2001, American West Center : Saving the Legacy tape nos. SL-259 & 260 |
| Alternative Title |
Charles Alexander "Red" Beam, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Beam, Red (Charles Alexander), 1923-2005 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-07-11 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Palau; Guam; Okinawa, Japan |
| Subject |
Beam, Red (Charles Alexander), 1923-2005--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 |
| Description |
Transcript (103 pages) of an interview by Winston Erickson with Charles "Red" Beam on July 11, 2001. From tape numbers 259 and 260 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Beam (b. 1923) spent his early childhood in Ely, Nevada, where his father was a forest supervisor. The family later moved to Holladay, Utah, where he graduated from Granite High School and attended the University of Utah. He was in the ROTC program at the time of his enlistment in the Navy in May 1941. He served on the Colorado and the Dickerson before entering the Naval Academy in 1942 as a Midshipman in the 20th Company. He later reenlisted as a 3rd Class Bo's'n Mate and joined the crew of a submarine bound for Palau. After being wounded near Tarawa he was assigned to an underwater demolition team and participated in the Guam and Okinawa invasions. He received the Silver Star. Interviewed by Winston Erickson. 103 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
103 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/s6hd9xs6 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033825 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd9xs6 |
| Title |
Page 5 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033724 |
| OCR Text |
Show Charle A. "Red" Beam July 11, 2001 RED: I grew up there until I was twelve. WIN: Did you go with your father out into the field ... RED: I lived in the summertime out in the field with him. My dad's playmates were Bannock Indians. My grandfather was the original settler in Swan Valley, Idaho, and there was a little Bannock Indian village in that town, in that area. WIN: Where is Swan Valley? RED: That's the first valley where the Snake comes in from Wyoming into Idaho. It's a beautiful valley. It's got a dam in there now that's really made it great. WIN: Oh, that's up in Idaho? RED: In Idaho, yes. WIN: Oh, I see. So your father was from the Idaho area? RED: Well, no. He was born in Iowa. My grandfather was a veteran of the Civil War. He had caught malaria during the Ci vii War, and those summers in Iowa were killing him. The doctor said, "Get out to Oregon." He got to Idaho Falls, which was called Anderson's Crossing in those days, and this guy had built a toll bridge. And he wanted a dollar and a half to go across the bridge, and grandpa didn't have it, so they settled on the south side of the Snake. WIN: So he was stuck there? RED: And then-we've got two stories. When the Mormons came north they either stole all his water, or they flooded him out. We're not sure which story is right. But, whatever it was, he moved up to Swan Valley and settled there. So dad's culture was Bannock 3 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd9xs6/1033724 |
