| 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 36 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1033999 |
| OCR Text |
Show JOHN C. (JACK) CHNELLER J L 2, 2004 JAC: Yes and you couldn t do it. Then the Army personnel were all up on th ma1n deck. They'd get their Army blankets out and were shooting craps. A lot of those guys came back millionaires, I think. A lot of them came back poor too. Do you know that when I was discharged from the Navy, they gave you $300 mustering out pay? A lot of the guys got it and then they blew it and had no way of getting home. They'd get tangled up in New York or something and lose all of their money and have no way of getting home. So when I got out, they only gave you a hundred dollars, and then a hundred dollars each month until you got your three hundred dollars. BEC: Oh, I see. I wonder if that took care of the problem. JAC: I don't know. But you know those troops trains were really something, too. I swear that they had square wheels on them. They were the hardest damn riding old things. Then they had an old coal burning pot bellied stove in them to keep them warm. It was cold. BEC: The stove didn't work? JAC: No. BEC: This is from the Deseret News. [reading] "August 1945, the war ends." JAC: Yes. Then this one here. BEC: [reading Norfolk, Virginia, paper] "Nazis quit; VE Day officially tomorrow." Is that where you where, Norfolk, on VE Day? JAC: No, we were in the Pacific on VE Day when Germany quit. BEC: That's right, I remember you told me that. JAC: I've got a cedar chest in there full of stuff like this that you wouldn't believe. BEC: Really? Memorabilia? 36 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k9c52/1033999 |
