Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987 Page: 2
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lived in Oklahoma until I was about nine years old,
and then we moved to Texas--out in the western part
of Texas, out on the south plains. I guess, until I
joined the Marine Corps in January of 1939, we lived
somewhere in about a sixty-mile radius of Lubbock. I
am the oldest of four brothers. I have four brothers
and four sisters, of which I am the oldest.
We went through the Depression years in West
Texas, and they were not altogether something that
we'd want to go through again. In January of 1939,
we were still in the cotton fields "pulling bolls,"
as we called it. That's where you pull the full boll
off the plant itself. We had finished our work on
Friday evening, and on Saturday morning my uncle and
I intended to go back and work Saturday morning. But
it was misting rain and impossible to work in the
fields, and this continued on through Monday.
On Monday morning he suggested that we come to
Dallas and join the Marine Corps. We had
contemplated this before. I had written for the
parent's consent forms, and they had sent them; and
I had filled them out and had my parents sign them,
and I returned them. So they had those on file. So
we set out to hitchhike to Dallas and join the2
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Jones, Waller F. & Pryor, Charley L. Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987, book, December 5, 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584976/m1/4/?q=%221920-02%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.