| 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 87 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033806 |
| OCR Text |
Show harle A. "Red" Beam July 11 2001 aid, "Well, we'll have captain's mas tomonow." And I said "No, ju t let m tak car of it. We don't need to put mass in his record." So for the next thirty days a we pa ed the Arizona, he took one step forward and saluted. I said, "I'll teach you re pect." I aid, "There's a lot of people still serving on there, and one of them I went to high school with. And you'll respect him." So the crew got the idea real quick. And I loved that little ship. Then all of sudden my orders came in to go to ET school. So I left her-that was in San Francisco. We packed the kids and Jeanne up, and away we went. The first day of school they said, "Okay, eight hours in school, and we guarantee you eight hours of homework." And they meant it. I'd go home. While Jeanne was cooking supper I'd play with the kids for a half hour, or whatever time it took to get supper ready, and then into the bedroom to do homework. They told us when we graduated we were the equivalent of a double E. They did pour it to us. We graduated. And all but two of us had orders immediately and were gone, mostly to major ships-battleships, and cruisers, and caniers. And he and I were sitting around wondering what's happening. I was sent to Okinawa and he was sent to Guam. We were getting pushed out of Japan and we needed big communication centers. And I was sent to build one in Okinawa, and he was going to build an identical one in Guam. And Admiral Stump was then in charge of service forces in the navy, and he called me and told me-he says, "This is a five year tour. It will take you five years to get that built." I said, "Okay." Three years later I called him up, and I said, "Hey, admiral, 85 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd9xs6/1033806 |
