Oral History Interview with William Shiflette, March 18, 1976 Page: 2
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Shiflette:I was born in Rochelle, Virginia. It's a Cajun town.
In other words, Cajuns were in Virginia before they
got to Louisiana. I was born on November 30, 1918, in
Madison County. I finished high school in Madison,
Virginia, and went to the University of Virginia and
graduated there in 1939. I was on my way to the
University of Georgia Graduate School of Electrical
Engineering when in July, 1939, I got "greetings" for
one year. I was called to active duty.
In other words, you were drafted.
No, I wasn't drafted. I had belonged to the old
Citizens Military Training Corps, which was the fore-
runner of the ROTC, and I was in what was called--
considered at that time--the Regular Army Reserve,
and I got my "greetings" for one-year tour of duty
beginning September 9, 1939, at Richmond, Virginia.
What sort of a reaction did you have when you were
called to duty?
Well, my family had always been military men anyway.
My grandfather in the Spanish-American War was a
major, and my father was a lieutenant in World War I,
and my uncle was a major, and so it was sort of born
in the family.
So you were to report to Richmond, Virginia.
Right.
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Shiflette, William. Oral History Interview with William Shiflette, March 18, 1976, book, March 18, 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1955180/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.