Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Sauer, May 15, 1976 Page: 3
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3Was this voluntary duty, or were you simply assigned to
the California?
I asked for battleship duty.
Why did you want to go aboard a battleship?
It is the biggest ship I can find (laughter).
Was there some sort of glamour associated with being aboard
a battleship?
Well, yes, they told me aboard the battleship that thediscipline was a little bit stricter.
I don't know why,
really, that I went aboard the battleship, but I figurE
the . . . I'd taken the aptitude test, and they said I
was very well-qualified for radio, and I figured that
aboard the battleship I could get more training.
So when you went aboard the battleship, did you become
a radioman striker?
I became a radioman striker aboard the battleship. Thr
was first duty.
Describe what your on-the-job training was like on the
California as a radioman striker. Was it good? Fair?
Poor?at
I'll tell you what, it was good but . . . the first thing
I was told was that I had to learn how to make a good cup
of coffee. If I couldn't make a good cup of coffee, I
couldn't stay in there (chuckle). And that's true.Marcello:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Sauer, Oscar E. Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Sauer, May 15, 1976, book, May 15, 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306809/m1/5/?q=%221976-05%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.