Oral History Interview with Garland Romagosa, November 15, 1987 Page: 2
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Romagosa:On September 29, 1940.
Why did you decide to go into the service?
It was just a way to go someplace, to get away and
travel.
How much of a factor was economics in your decision? In
other words, even as late as 1940, there were still hard
times in many sections of the country.
Bad! Yes, it was bad. The economics was bad.
Why did you select the Navy as opposed to one of the
other branches of the service?
(Chuckle) I liked to go to sea, for one thing, and I
was thinking it would be a clean place to go, since I
wouldn't have to get in the mud and all that.
Where did you take your boot camp?
In San Diego.
How long did boot camp last at that time? Do you
recall?
Well, it lasted six weeks, I think. Six weeks, yes--
three and three.
Evidently, that gives some indication of the rapid
build-up because just a couple years before that theboot camp was, I think, as long as twelve weeks.
Yes.
Was there anything eventful that happened in boot camp
other than the fact that it was the normal Navy boot
camp?
Nothing that I can think of, no.2
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Romagosa, Garland. Oral History Interview with Garland Romagosa, November 15, 1987, book, November 15, 1987; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2137867/m1/4/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.