| 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 43 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034483 |
| OCR Text |
Show EARL . JARRETT MB R 7, 2002 passed a few rice paddies with women out tromping that down in the mud and that you know. Then you moved up the line, you caught hell. BB: Now before we get to Okinawa, was there anything else you'd like to discuss on that one island? ESJ: No, other than we tried to take a bunch of prisoners one day and you couldn't. They'd be out in the water a ways. They'd let you shoot them, you could shoot around them, whatever, but there's no way you could communicate enough to get them to give up. BB: Had you pushed them to the other side of the island? ESJ: Yes, they were pushed out. BB: Like in the water, in the ocean? ESJ: Yes, and they had a few little caves and that and they was hiding in them, but as we'd pushed them off, then we was trying to take them prisoners. Several companies, I don't think they got over four or five prisoners. They wouldn't give up; they'd rather die than give up. BB: Were they out of ammunition? They'd be standing out in the water? ESJ: Well, they didn't have guns with them. They wasn't firing back, no. BB: And no one's going to go out there and get them, of course. ESJ: No, so most of them just stayed there. And I'm sure doing it some of them got killed, but most of them just stayed away and wouldn't come in and you couldn't communicate enough to get them to come in and give up. BB: So they ended up being shot, then, I guess? 42 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66995m1/1034483 |
