| Title |
Nils Emil Lingwall, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 25, 2006: Saving the Legacy tape no. 759 |
| Alternative Title |
Nils Emil Lingwall, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Lingwall, Nils Emil, 1922-2012 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2006-03-25 |
| Date Digital |
2015-12-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Hawaii; Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands; Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands; Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands; Okinawa, Japan; Philippines |
| Subject |
Lingwall, Nils Emil, 1922-2012--Interviews; Veterans--United States--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Artillery operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Military operations, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area--Personal narratives, American; Kwajalein Atoll, Battle of, Marshall Islands, 1944--Personal narratives, American; ; Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944--Personal narratives, American; ; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island--Personal narratives, American |
| Keywords |
National Guard |
| Description |
Transcript (51 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Nils Emil Lingwall on March 25, 2006. From tape number 759 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Lingwall (b. 1922) joined the National Guard in 1940 as part of the 145th Field Artillery Regiment (later Battalion) and was called to active duty in March 1941. He shipped out from San Luis Obispo, California, on 6 December, but returned to San Francisco due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Later based in Hawaii. His unit fought at Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa, and Leyte. Discharged August 1945. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 51 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
51 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/s6x94dbz |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Kwajalein Atoll, Battle of (Marshall Islands : 1944); Saipan, Battle of (Northern Mariana Islands : 1944); Military operations, Artillery--American |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034837 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x94dbz |
| Title |
Page 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1034807 |
| OCR Text |
Show IL EMIL LINGWALL M R H 2 200 we tern ide of the i land ha beaches and an offshore coral reef, which reate a far e lagoon. The eastern shore is composed primarily of rugged rocky cliffi with a reef, which fringes the shore. Saipan 's highest point is a 1,554 foot tal/limestone mountain called Mount Tapochau. In 1944, the island had a significant population of Japane e civilians and Korean laborers. The US invasion ofSaipan began at 07:00 on June 15, 1944 after a prolonged naval bombardment. More than 300 L VTs landed 8, 000 Marines on the west coast ofSaipan by about 09:00. The Japanese artillery responded as the landing craft came into range. The Japanese actually had range flags placed in the bay to indicate the ranges for their shore batteries. As a result, accurate fire from these camouflaged guns caused havoc during the American landings. The Japanese destroyed about twenty amphibious tanks as they approached, but by nightfall the 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions had a beachhead about three miles wide and a thousand yards deep. The Japanese counter-attacked at night, but were repulsed with heavy losses. This was probably one of the causes of Mr. Lingwall 's long night. The next morning, units of the US. Army 's 27th Infantry Division landed and advanced on As lito Airfield. Again the Japanese counterattacked that night. On June 18, the Japanese commander, General Saito abandoned the airfield. In the meantime, Admiral Toyoda Soemu, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Navy, saw an opportunity to use his carrier force to attack the US. Navy forces around Saipan. On 15 June he gave the order to attack. The resulting battle of the Philippine Sea was a disaster for the Imperial Japanese Navy, which lost three aircraft carriers and hundreds of planes in what was called the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. The defeat of the Japanese Navy doomed the Japanese garrisons of the Marianas, including the 31,000 Japanese soldiers on Saipan, who lost any hope of re-supply or reinforcement. 22 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x94dbz/1034807 |
