| 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 81 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033800 |
| OCR Text |
Show Charle A. "Red" Beam Jul 11 2001 brothers who were on a destroyer that got sunk during World War II, the unningham brothers. Well , it was a good ship, a wonderful ship, after I got it trained. The first weekend I told duty section to paint the fantail. She came back Monday morning and they hadn't touched it. They hadn't done a lick. And they expected a big explosion at quarters, and I didn't say anything. About 3:30 I went up to the ship's office, and "Give me the divisions' liberty cards." And they did. And I called the division back. I got them all lined out. I took my liberty card, gave my gunner's mate his, and walked over to the side and threw them over the side. "When you guys start working, you'll start going ashore." There's always one wise guy, right? He ran to the skipper. He said, "That Goddamn bo's'n mate threw my liberty card over the side." The skipper said, "You don't have your liberty card?" He said, "No, sir, I told you he'd thrown it over the side. He said, "Fifteen days restriction for losing your liberty card." So the next morning when I came in the fantail was in good shape, I'll tell you. And I never had anymore problems with them. But we had to put out a collision. We didn't run it for a month or so. So I ended up in sub-group II, which is where the inactive ships were. Oh, you'll love this one. I am by then a three hashmark 1st Class. I'd just finished twelve years, I think. And I walked aboard, and the OD was a chief warrant officer who had been a chief carpenter's mate on the Colorado. I'd known him way back then and I'd been somewhere else with him-oh, up in Long Beach. Now here he was down here, and he was the OD. He says, "You can't 79 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd9xs6/1033800 |
