| 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 62 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034502 |
| OCR Text |
Show EARL . JARRETT R 7, 2002 ESJ: Oh, godfrey. Then when they was shooting at them that night you will n ver a fireworks ... every fourth shell was a tracer on them 50 caliber machine guns and that. There were, I don't know, a hundred-some-odd ships in there firing at them. They lit that entire sky with tracers. The damndest thing I ever seen or ever will see. I said we got some good fireworks, but we've never had nothing to even compare with just the tracers in every direction, you know, going up through the air. Course, they crammed us down the hole as quick as we could, then they moved us out a ways. The next night there was a hundred-and-some of them and we wasn't in the harbor because they moved all troops back; they didn't want them in the harbor. So then you went out and overnight and then you come back in and landed. BB: Let's see. Were the Japanese opponents, were they a formidable opponent? Did they seem intelligent in battle tactics? Or did you think you had one on them? Or just however it played out? ESJ: Anybody that will have the funeral before they leave Japan, and they have the funeral, it's an honor to go and kill yourself if you can kill a bunch of Americans, that's all that suicide diving was. That was the last big big hit of that war. And I happened to be in the harbor at the time because they took all them two-motor jet Betty bombers and destroyed them right there and them guys had their funeral. One plane stayed high and flew out of that first night. I think there was six of them knocked down and one stayed high and turned back to where the artillery wouldn't reach them. BB: How about the ground troops that you actually were encountering? ESJ: I never really encountered them. Other than I thought, in trying to clean up on le Shima, I thought it was rather strange that none of them would give up. They thought 61 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66995m1/1034502 |
