| 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 26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033989 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOHN . (JA K) CH ELLER BEC: What a unique time that was. JAC: Yes, that was great time. BEC: How long did you stay in New York then? J 2 2004 JAC: Oh, we stayed there for three or four or five days. You know this transport went so far and so many miles that it picked up electricity on the water. We'd have to pull into dry dock in Hoboken, New Jersey, and have it de-magnetized. We'd have to take all our watches and clocks off the ship. Then they'd reverse polarity to get that electricity out of the ship. BEC: Right, yes. JAC: A lot of people didn't know that and I didn't know that either. If I hadn't been in the Navy, I wouldn't have known it. You pick up all that electricity. I know at night, you'd go up and stand on the deck and look out and you could just see the phosphorescence on the ship just a sparkling. Then we'd go into Hoboken and we'd get maybe a week off. We'd maybe go into Germantown and party and Jersey City. I kind of liked New York but I wouldn't want to live there. It's too congested. I've got to have the space. Those people all live in tenement houses and that's not for me. Yes, we'd get a day or two off in each one of these places and get to go in and have some R&R. We went down through Gibraltar in the Mediterranean Sea and Marseille, France. BEC: So after that trip in New York, on VJ Day, you went back and picked up more troops? JAC: Oh my, yes. We went into Marseille, France, and brought some back. We went up into Calcutta, India. We went up into Pisa. I've got a picture of the Leaning Tower of Pis a. 26 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k9c52/1033989 |
