| 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 38 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033757 |
| OCR Text |
Show Charles A. ''Red'' Beam RED: The USS Colorado. WIN: After six weeks you were on a ship? July 11 2001 RED: I had asked for the Nevada, seeing as that was my home state. And everybody told me I was lucky I got a battleship, as that's what I'd asked for, because often you didn't even get the type of ship you asked for. And the Colorado was the newest and the best battleship that the navy had in those days in battleship row at Pearl Harbor. So I rode a transport from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, and went aboard. And within weeks one of our doctors came to me and says, "You're wasting your time here. You don't belong doing what you're doing. You should be at the naval academy." And he said, "Do you know that they take people out of the fleet?" And I said, "No, I never heard of that." And he said, "Well, they do. And I'll go down to personnel and get you assigned to that school." I said, "Oh, fine. Why not?" WIN: So this was late summer of '41? RED: Yeah, just maybe early summer, okay. WIN: Well, you got out of school probably in June, and had six weeks of training, so that would put you into July. RED: July, yeah. And the Colorado was then sent to Seattle for a major overhaul. That's why she wasn't damaged on December 7th. She was in the shipyard in Seattle. WIN: Did you come to Seattle? RED: Yes, I came to Seattle. And about that time my orders for school came through, and I was sent to Norfolk. That's where the school was; very interesting. A nice train 36 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd9xs6/1033757 |
