Oral History Interview with Baine Kerr, May 4, 1993 Page: 2
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school?
Kerr: Then I went to the University of Texas.
Daniels: And when did you start then?
Kerr: That was in the fall of 1936.
Daniels: How long did you get to stay?
Kerr: Well, I completed my undergraduate work in three years.
Daniels: Graduating when?
Kerr: Well, I didn't get my degree until I completed law
school, but I had done all the work.
Daniels: I see.
Kerr: I entered law school in 1939, in the fall, and in 1940
--in March, I think--I enlisted in the platoon leader's
program that the Marine Corps had. Under that program
you had a summer training--two summers--roughly
equivalent to boot camp training. Then you were
commissioned in the Reserves as a second lieutenant,
and then you went to further schooling after that. I
thought that we were about to be involved in the war.
I had no military training or experience, so I thought
that this would be a good way of doing it and still be
able to finish my school work. I did go in the summerof 1940 to Quantico in the platoon leader's class, and
then, in summer of 1941, we went to Philadelphia to the
basic school--the old Marine Corps basic school--where
all officer training used to be conducted.
Daniels: So, this is sort of the equivalent to OCS?2
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Kerr, Baine. Oral History Interview with Baine Kerr, May 4, 1993, text, May 4, 1993; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1606360/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.