| 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 44 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034484 |
| OCR Text |
Show EARL . JARRETT V B R 7, 2002 ESJ: No, no, they just left there. I don t think any of the guy ever shot on . Th y didn't have guns, they didn't have defense, so why? BB: How small was this island? The first island? ESJ: I don't know, but not very big. BB: So then after that incident and getting wounded yourself, was it over pretty quickly after that? ESJ: Well, I wasn't wounded there; I was wounded on Okinawa, the Shuri Line. BB: That's where you got the flag? ESJ: No, that was on le Shima. BB: But you said you were grazed by ... ESJ: Yes, I got scratched up a little. BB: After that, was that the last major firefight you were in there, on that island? Or did you get into several more? ESJ: Yes. The one thing that I didn't tell you that were rather hard to take, we pulled back down. Like I said that night that I run so fast, we pulled back down on the flat closer to the ocean and went back to our same holes. You was all watching anything that happened or any noise. Okay. You hollered "halt" and give them the password and that. Okay. We heard this noise just out from us a little bit and they're hollering "Halt". No noise. They keep moving in closer and they said, "Fire." So we all fired. About lit the area up with~! could see there was an image out there-with tracers and next morning when it come daylight, there was an older woman leading her horse. Course, they were both killed. That was on that same island. But that pretty well was the end of what happened on le Shima. You know, that's hard to think you've killed a civilian or a person 43 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66995m1/1034484 |
