Oral history interview with Audress Elden Watts, 2012 March 29

File — Carton: 1, Folder: 77

Identifier: MSS 9148 File 77

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Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Audress Elden Watts, conducted by Don E. Norton on March 29, 2012. Includes photocopy of a U.S.S. General D.E. Aultman ship roster, transcript and index to transcript.

Dates

2012 March 29

Creator

Watts, Audress Elden (interviewee, Person)
Norton, Don E. (1934-) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical History

Audress Elden Watts was born in Ogden, Utah on December 5, 1923, and raised in American Falls, Idaho. Following his love for airplanes, he studied aeronautical engineering at the Curtiss Wright Technical Institute in Glendale, California. He worked for Boeing as an engineer until he was drafted into the military at age nineteen. He joined the Coast Guard and attended electronics/radio school. During his time with the Coast Guard, he travelled around the world, including France, Japan, and the Phillipines. After he was discharged, he continued to work for Boeing as an engineer. He married and moved to Seattle to start a family, where he worked as a teacher for thirty years.