Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978 Page: 2
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Lowe
2Before World War II started, I joined the Navy in the
V-6 Reserve Program. I selected that instead of waiting
to be drafted. Along about that time, your draft numbers
were being posted in the newspaper. I had enough. military
ROTC training at Sunset High and out here at NTAC to convince
me that I believed that I would prefer the Navy; and there-
fore, that was the reason I joined the Navy at that time.
How closely were you keeping abreast of world events and
current affairs at that time?
Oh, I read the newspaper, and also during this time, as one
of my side jobs, I carried the Dallas Morning News, And
also back there when Great Britain declared war on Germany,
I sold extras on that day and made several extra dollars
for that. So therefore I was pretty well abreast of what
was happening overseas.
Now you mentioned that you went in the Naval Reserve first of
all, and then soon after I gather that you were called back
to duty.
Well, during this time they had a program called the V-6 Naval
Reserve Program. A man could join for a certain number of
years in the Reserves--not regular--and by going in in that,
you stood a better chance of getting a rating and that sort
of thing. That was another reason I selected the Navy.
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Lowe, John, Jr. Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978, text, August 7, 1978; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529186/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.