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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	I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah.
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.
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Extent	49 pages
Language	eng
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Topic	Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Military operations, Naval--American
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OCR Text	Show JOHN . (JACK) HNELLER J 2,2004 channel of the Gange Delta. It i still highly polluted with among other thin partially cremated human remain .] We had to go out to sea to make our water that we filtered. The Hooghly River. BEC: I'll bet that was interesting to get into all of those different ports. You really got to see the world, just like the Navy advertised. JAC: I got to see the world. I was one of the lucky ones. But in that old ship, we were in a typhoon out in the Pacific in 1945. It split the welding on the bow of the ship. So we had to go up into Everett, Washington, and have that re-welded. So when we were in Everett, we got to go over into Seattle and up into Canada on liberty. That ship was a good old ship. It talks in here about the islands we ran across: Sicily, Ceylon, New Guinea, Solomons, Admiralty, Azores, West Indies-some of these I can't even pronounce-Marshalls, Malta, Isle of Capri. The Isle of Capri is in the Mediterranean. BEC: Boy, you were all over. JAC: Yes, Singapore and even Cuba. BEC: Is that right? JAC: We went through the Panama Canal three times. We'd get a liberty in Balboa and I don't remember the other side. But, like I was telling you, after the war, you couldn't buy a car in the United States. Well, down in Panama, there were nothing but fields full of Army Dodges, the old OD, just sitting in the fields. Our captain got one of them and put it on the ship and brought it back to the States. BEC: Is that right? JAC: Yes. BEC: The privileges of rank. 28
Reference URL	https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k9c52/1033991