Oral History Interview with Uell M. Carter and George Killian, September 19, 1970 Page: 3
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party once a month, (chuckle) and we'd get paid a $1.80, and
S. . back in those times a dollar was more than a lot of
people realize, so it was a monetary gain plus there was a lot
of fellows that I actually knew. And the the fun part of going
on a two weeks paid vacation was interesting to think about.
George, why did you decide to enter?
I couldn't have been thinkin'. (Chuckle) You know. No, I
went in about June of 1940, and of course at the time I went in
I was a young man of nineteen with no dependents. It wasn't
looking like they were going to enlist me in the service anyway.
So I went in really, for the same reason mostly, I had friends
in that outfit who influenced me to go in there instead of
waiting to go along regular channels. At the time I was
working at Amarillo Hotel.
The official designation of your unit was the Second Battalion,
131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard. Is that correct?
At the time it wasn't the Texas National Guard. See, when they
mobilized it, it became a unit of the Federal Army.
Right.
The United States Army. But as a National Guard unit that
would be the correct designation. But, see, I think that
George and I were in the same battery. We were in Battery E,
Second Battalion, 131st Field Artillery. And what was that
brigade?
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Carter, Uell M. & Killian, George. Oral History Interview with Uell M. Carter and George Killian, September 19, 1970, book, September 19, 1970; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223601/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.