Oral History Interview with H. William Taylor, January 20, 1986 Page: 2
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Marcello:Well, I had an interest in going overseas, and one of the
companies who had a notice on the bulletin board at Dartmouth
was Caltex.
Ha,d you ever heard of Caltex up to that point?According to the record, you entered the Marine Corps in
1940. What was your reason for joining the service at
that time?
Three squares and a flop (chuckle). I wanted to join the
regular Marine Corps, but the family had objections, so I
joined the reserves in early 1939, which, I guess, was before
Hitler even thought of a war. We were called to active duty
in 1940. I spent some time in Cuba and after Pearl Harbor some
two years in the South Pacific. I was sent back to go to the
Navy V-12 program at the end of 1943. When the war ended,
I was in OCS at Quantico, and I took my discharge and
returned to Dartmouth College and finished off in 1946. Then
I hitchhiked down and got a job with Caltex.
You mentioned that you originally started in college under
the V-12 program, and in our conversation before the inter-
view, you said you started that V-12 program at Dartmouth?
Right.
What was your major there?
Economics.
Describe the. circumstances by which you became employed with
Caltex.Taylor:
Marce.,lo:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Taylor, H. William. Oral History Interview with H. William Taylor, January 20, 1986, book, January 20, 1986; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2137859/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.