Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974 Page: 4
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Green
4arrived there, I was assigned to Barracks 13. So we
had Friday the thirteenth, and the thirteenth started
me off in the Army. Actually, I think it was probably
lucky for me. If you were a crap-shooting man, a
dice-throwing man, you would say that I got an
impossible point, Barracks 13, and I crapped out the
next day with Barracks 7 (chuckle).
What was your unit's designation at this time, and did
you stay in this same unit for the duration of your
service time?
Let me back up a second. My draft number was sixty-
seven. Because of my age, I'd been given an I-H
designation. But when Pearl Harbor occurred, I tried
to volunteer, but the draft office said that they
would reach me faster if I were to go through the
draft rather than to volunteer. So I ended up by
being drafted, but I had wanted to volunteer. I was
stationed at the Reception Center on Friday night,
February 13. There they processed me to find out my
background. They found out that I was a lawyer.
They found out also that I could type. Colonel Reuben
G. Lewis was the commanding officer of the reception
center. When he saw my Form 20, which is the formMarcello:
Green:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Green, John Plath. Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974, book, {1976-02-06,1976-03-01}; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944578/m1/5/?q=%22~1~1%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.