Oral History Interview with Robert Greenwood, July 7, 1974 Page: 2
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Greenwood:transfer, went to the Army on September 7, 1939,
and left--I believe it was in October or the
beginning of November of 1939--to go to Hawaii.
Why did you decide to enter the service in the
first place?
Well, things were pretty rough, and I only had
nine months of high school. It was a rough time
to be brought up, and I wanted to do something
and do some traveling and get away from the jungle.
Economics is a reason given by a great many men
for entering the service during that period. Of
course, we were still in the midst of depression,
and, like you mentioned, jobs were hard to come
by. How come you decided upon the Army?
Well, because I had a cousin in Hawaii in the Army,
and I wanted to get to Hawaii.
Did you have your choice of being stationed there
when you enlisted?
Right, but the only way I could get there was that
I had to go into the Medical Corps. There wasn't
any openings in the Artillery. I wanted to go into
the Coast Artillery, but there wasn't any openings.
I had to go into the Medical Corps.
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Greenwood, Robert. Oral History Interview with Robert Greenwood, July 7, 1974, book, July 7, 1974; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306706/m1/4/?q=%221921%22: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.