Oral History Interview with Joseph McKinley, April 23, 1988 Page: 2
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McKinley:September 10, 1938, in Houston, Texas.
Why did you select the Navy as opposed to one of the
other branches of the service?
I had some hometown friends that had been in the Navy,
and I just liked it. I never had talked to anybody in
the Army, and the Navy sounded like an ideal place to
go, and employment was scarce for an eighteen-year-old
then. So I just chose to go in there, and I figured I
could get an education there.
I was going to ask you why you decided to join the
service, and I think you at least in part answered the
question. Evidently, it was an economic decision for
the most part.
For the most part.
That's a standard reason that a lot of people of your
generation give for having entered the service. You
weren't going to make a lot of money in the service, but
there was a certain amount of security there and some
opportunities for advancement.
Well, I did have an idea that I'd put four years in
there and save my money and come out and go to college,but the war began four months before my enlistment was
up, so I stayed (chuckle).
And, of course, what that meant was that you were in for
the duration.
Yes, for the duration. I came out in 1945.2
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Marcello, Ronald E. & McKinley, Joseph. Oral History Interview with Joseph McKinley, April 23, 1988, book, April 23, 1988; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2137880/m1/4/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.