| Title |
Earl S. Jarrett, Nephi, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, November 7, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape no. 632 |
| Alternative Title |
Earl S. Jarrett, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Jarrett, Earl S., 1925-2012 |
| Contributor |
Bahlmann, Benjamin J.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2002-11-07 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Philippines; Okinawa, Japan |
| Subject |
Jarrett, Earl S., 1925-2012--Interviews; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island--Personal narratives, American |
| Description |
Transcript (75 pages) of an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann with Earl S. Jarrett on November 7, 2002. From tape number 632 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Jarrett (b. 1925) was born in Nephi, Utah, and had a rural childhood, working on his father's farm. There were eight children in his family, all in a small two room house with no electricity or running water. Mr. Jarrett married in March of 1944, knowing that he would probably have to go into the service. He began his military service in August of 1944. After basic training and training as a basic infantryman, he was sent to Leyte Island, The Philippines. He fought against almost no resistance. Next he went to Ie Shima, where again there wasn't much resistance and then to Okinawa where there was very strong resistance. He was wounded on his 30th day on Okinawa and evacuated to, first Hawaii and then to San Francisco, CA. He was separated from the service in September 1945. Mr. Jarrett goes into some detail about his reflections at the end of the war, and about actions he'd participated in. He was also affected by the war for many years. Interviewed by Benjamin Bahlmann. 75 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
75 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/s66995m1 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945) |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034517 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66995m1 |
| Title |
Page 36 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034476 |
| OCR Text |
Show ESJ: The wounded they tried to get out. When you have a company y u h v many medics in a company to try to help the wounded. But they were busy with that. That fir t big burst and maybe went on for fifteen minutes, they were the ones that were taking th casualties real quick. BB: Was that your first firefight? That was your first introduction? ESJ: Yes. BB: You've had a lot of time to either think about it or not think about it, but right then did you think you had a chance or did your attitude switch? Or what were you thinking after something like that? ESJ: Oh, I thought we had a chance. That just happened to be a situation that was letting us moving into them so they can wipe us out. I've thought a lot of times about shooting that first shot, whether it was wise or not. But we may have walked into where they killed everyone of us if I hadn't have shot. All that was is because he stuck his hands in the willows and looked out, see how close we was, apparently. It looked like the black willows we have around here. BB: So right then you already needed replacements? ESJ: Yes, we pulled back. I seen this friend that night and he said, "How was it?" I said, "It's hell on earth." I said, "We lost so many people so quick that it's unbelievable." But the next day when we moved up, their platoon went up on the front. He was a good, religious, ideal person, a little older than me, but really a good guy. And the first day they got some shots, or firing, and when they was pulling back he tripped a land mine, or one of them did, and he got hit with a bunch of shrapnel. So it went two or three days and I asked his sergeant, I seen him and I asked, "What happened to Verl ?" He said, "Well, he 35 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66995m1/1034476 |
