Oral History Interview with Everett Stewart, February 24, 1976 Page: 2
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Stewart
2I went back in '37 and '38 and was coming out of there
with an infantry reserve commission. Feeling that there
was a war coming along, I kind of wanted to be a
if we had a war, I wanted to be a fighter pilot, and I
wanted to be an ace. So I ended up getting into the flying
school and going on through that and got through it. So
then I ended up being a fighter pilot.
Okay, when did you enter the service?
Well, I was actually through flying school in June of '38,
but I had been in ROTC before that, since '33. I graduated
from flying school in '39, and went on active duty imme-
diately, and I stayed there for twenty-eight years.
Where did you go to flight school?
Randolph and Kelly Field--the only two they had at that time.
Primary and basic at Randolph and advanced at Kelley.
When did you meet the future Mrs. Stewart?
Oh, in college about 1934, I guess, somewhere along in
there.
Were you married at the time that you went through flight
school?
No, after I graduated. We got married in June of '39.
And did you go directly to the Hawaiian Islands?
No. I went from flying school to Barksdale Field, in
Shreveport, Louisiana. We were there about three or four
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Stewart, Everett & Stewart, Everett, Mrs. Oral History Interview with Everett Stewart, February 24, 1976, book, February 24, 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1955186/m1/4/?q=%22Military+and+War+-+Transportation+-+Aviation%22: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.