Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978 Page: 3
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Lowe:activated? In other words, when did you go into the regular
Navy?
The day that I joined up was the day that I was sworn in.
Did you have a regular boot training that you went through at
that time?
I didn't go to a boot training school. I went to . . . it
wasn't the Naval training school at San Diego; it was the
Naval station. I was there for about six weeks with inter-
mittent training and such as it was; but as far as going to
the Naval Recruit Training Center, I did not.
Was this the case because you were actually in this V-6
program?
I believe that's correct, because when I went in, I went in
as a third class petty officer--rating being storekeeper third
class.
It seems to me that this might have caused a little bit of
resentment among the regulars, that is, the fact that all of
a sudden you were a third class petty officer. Because I
know that rank moved very slowly in that pre-World War II
Navy.
That's very true, and during this period of time, there was a
number of fellows just exactly like myself. Not only were
some of them coming in as third class, they were even coming
in as high as chiefs. The regular Navy people at that time
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Lowe, John, Jr. Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978, text, August 7, 1978; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529186/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.