Oral History Interview with Archie Wilkerson, January 28, 1977 Page: 5
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Wilkerson:mid-thirties. But most of them were below twenty-one,
I'd say, but in that range.
Where did you go from boot camp?
I went from there to Chicago, Illinois, and went through
aviation machinist mate's school--aviation mechanic.
Is this what you had applied for after you graduated from
boot camp?
Right. I had taken an examination in boot camp, and
basically it consisted of Model-T Ford parts. I had just
sold a Model-T Ford just before I went to Navy, so I
scored high. There was five men out of our company that
got a school, out of about 140, and I was one of them.
I feel like that was the reason, because I was able to
score high on that exam due to the fact that I had previously
had a T-Model.
From what you say, I gather that entrance into one of
these Navy schools was quite an accomplishment.
It was at that time. There weren't a whole lot of . . .
they needed men in the fleet, and there weren't' a whole lot
of schools. We had a lot of schools in the Navy, but what
I mean is, in comparison to the number of men that was
going through boot camp, there just wasn't billets open
for them in the schools. These tests were aptitude tests,
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Wilkerson, Archie, 1924-. Oral History Interview with Archie Wilkerson, January 28, 1977, book, January 28, 1977; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857652/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.