Kenneth W. Baldridge, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah

Transcript (39 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Kenneth W. Baldridge on April 30, 2005. From tape number 723 in the "Saving the Legacy" Oral History ProjectBaldridge (b. 1926) was born in Modesto, California and describes growing up in the Depression. He joined the Aircraft Warning System of the Ground Observers Corps prior to enlisting in the Navy in December of 1943. He attended the College of the Pacific and University of California at Berkeley in the Naval ROTC program. He was sent to Great Lakes Naval Training Center for boot camp, then attended signal school. He was assigned to the USS Rendova, a CVE-114 based in San Diego as a training vessel. Discharged in 1946, Baldridge stayed in the reserves for eight years. His civilian career was as a professor of history. Interviewed by Becky Lloyd. 39 pages