| Title |
John "Jack" Schneller, West Valley City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, July 2, 2004: Saving the Legacy tape no. 676 |
| Alternative Title |
John "Jack" Schneller, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Schneller, John "Jack", 1926- |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-07-02 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Pacific Ocean; Italy |
| Subject |
Schneller, John "Jack", 1926- --Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American |
| Keywords |
Troop transport |
| Description |
Transcript (41 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with John "Jack" Schneller on July 2, 2004. From tape number 676 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Schneller (b. 1926) joined the Navy in 1944 and took basic training in Farragut, Idaho. He joined the crew of the USS General Stewart AP-140 operating as a troop transport to the Pacific. The ship also operated in the Atlantic. Schneller crossed the Panama Canal three times. He joined the crew of the USS Wisconsin BB-64, transporting reservists on maneuvers until discharged in 1947. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 49 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
49 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/s68k9c52 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034015 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k9c52 |
| Title |
Page 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033983 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOHN C. (JACK) CH ELLER J y 2, 200 Kaiten carried the equivalent explosive charge of two torpedoes. Kait n once r 1 a ed from the mother sub, could not be recovered. A sub was spotted on the surface and Underhill set a course to ram, but the sub was diving and brought up oil and debris. The depth charge also brought to the surface a Kaiten on the port side, which hit on the starboard side in the bridge and magazine area. The second one hit forward and more to starboard, which ripped Underhill apart. The entire bottom of the Underhill perished in the blast. While 122 survived, ten of the fourteen officers were lost, including the captain and the commander Robert Lucum. The rest of the convoy escaped damage by the enemy. The Underhill was the last small light ship lost to enemy action in World War II. The above history of the Underhill is available on the ship's web page by Stanley W. Dace, Chief Boatswain's Mate." In other words, the Japanese sunk that and that was one of the destroyers with us. BEC: That at one time had been one of your escorts? JAC: Right, we used to have them all around zig-zagging. Hell, the Japanese could have gotten a couple of thousand people on our ship. I didn't mean to break up when I read that but I remember those escort ships. They'd (the escort destroyers) come right close to us and they'd wave at us. Then they'd take off and go again. BEC: That's sad, and being so close to the end of the war. So while you were transporting ships around the Pacific, did your ship ever come under fire from the Japanese? Did you ever meet up with subs yourself? JAC: No, but we were lucky. We sunk a mine. I've got a picture of that. They shot it with a rifle and hit one of the little knobs sticking up. 20 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k9c52/1033983 |
