Oral History Interview with Joe C. Dillon, June 6, 1980 Page: 3
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Dillon:
Marcello:
Dillon:
Marcello:
Dillon:get in the Navy. It was six months before they called me
to get in. The Navy was approximately 50,000 men at that
time, and it was the Depression era, and they had all the
people they wanted at that time. It was a slow process.
You had to have a high school, education in order to get in,the other branches of service?
Well, that's not really an odd question, but I guess I
hadn't seen the water before, for one thing, and I had
a cousin that had recently joined the Navy there in Memphis.
He came home with his Navy uniform on, and I said, "Well,
that looks pretty good."
Really, I -had a little more reason for joining the
Army. In 1937 I spent a summer in CMTC, and in 1938 I took
the West Point entrance examination. I wanted to have a
career in the Army, but not a single young man in our area,
in the 7th Congressional District, could pass the examination.
They were that tough.
You mentioned that you were in the CMTC. I think I know
the initials, but would you give them to me?
I sure will, The CMTC was formed after World War I, and
it's the Citizens Military Training Corps. They took high
school boys, and they could spend a month each summer in
military training. They could take an equivalency test and
get a commission in the Army.
How tough was it to get into the Navy in 1940 when you enlisted?
Well, in the summer of 1939 is when I started action to
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Dillon, Joe Clyde. Oral History Interview with Joe C. Dillon, June 6, 1980, book, June 6, 1980; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2085620/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.