Oral History Interview with Baine Kerr, May 4, 1993 Page: 7
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Daniels:
Kerr:
Daniels:
Kerr:
Daniels:
Kerr:couldn't live on anything less than that. Of course, a
lot of people did at the time. But when this all came
along, I didn't think we ought to get married because
you don't know what's going to happen to you and all.
Right.
But my wife had different ideas, so we got married,
and we are still married.
It worked out.
Anyway, we went back through Houston and San Antonio to
visit family and picked up the car that I'd had in law
school, and we drove on out to San Diego to report. I
don't where we reported in--the commanding general,
anyway, there.
And when was this?
This was at the end of July, 1942. There were about
five of us--we had all been in the same class--out
there, and they sent us all to the 6th Marines. The 6th
Marines had been in Iceland. They made up the 1st
Provisional Marine Brigade. They spent about ten
months in Iceland. This was before Pearl Harbor,
before we were at war, theoretically, but I'd say itwas a somewhat provocative act. But Hitler didn't rise
to the bait. We sent destroyers over. We'd done a lot
of things. He didn't like it, but he didn't do
anything. Anyhow, they had been in Iceland, and they
had come back, and then they supplied the cadres for a7
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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/m1/7/?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.