Oral History Interview with Louis Roffman, December 8, 1980 Page: 4
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Roffman:time. However, most of the people on the ship were all Army
and were in the Army or on the Air Corps at that time. Then
when you got to your station, Hawaii or the Philippines...a
thing to me that was funny. It wasn't funny at the time, butIf my recollection is correct, the 1st of September is the
day England declared war on Germany.
September 1, 1939.
September 1, 1939. That is correct. We were going out that
same day, out of San Francisco. However, we stayed on over
there for three days so they could paint an American flag on
the ship. And they put a big light on the outside so that
there was no chance of anybody missing it that it was an
American ship. We then sailed on to Honolulu.
How long did it take the Republic to go from San Francisco
to Honolulu? Do you recall offhand?
Eight, nine days.
The Republic was not a very fast ship, was it?
Not at all.
You mentioned, of course, that you were in San Francisco
when World War II officially started in Europe. Is it
safe to assume that at that time you had no idea or inkling
that there would eventually be trouble in the Far East, at
least involving the United States?
No, not at all. There was a lot of people or personnel on
the ship that were heading on to the Philippines at that
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Roffman, Louis. Oral History Interview with Louis Roffman, December 8, 1980, book, December 8, 1980; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2100315/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.