Oral History Interview with Baine Kerr, May 4, 1993 Page: 4
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Kerr:and all that sort of thing. That was being pretty well
short-circuited (chuckle) at that point, and nobody
much bought dress blues or dress whites. We had
tailors in Philadelphia that came and measured you for
your uniforms and whatnot.
At that time what sort of weapons did they train you
on?
Well, we were issued M-1 rifles--the new rifle--and we
fired those for record, and we fired pistols. I had
very bad vision in my right eye, and I had to get a
waiver to stay in for that reason. I sort of slipped
by originally, but they found out about it at that
point (chuckle). The M-1 was a big improvement because
you could fire off your left shoulder--my left eye was
good. The Springfield bolt-action rifle, you had to
fire off your right shoulder, so I had a hard time
locating the target for that. I managed to qualify,
but just barely, for the rifle. But I shot expert with
a pistol.
Oh, that's something!
Yes. Most people did it just the other way around.But, at any rate, it was just an abbreviated version of
what they had covered in about seven months before
that.
And the total time this time was...?
This time was about four months. Three-and-a-half4
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Kerr, Baine. Oral History Interview with Baine Kerr, May 4, 1993, text, May 4, 1993; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1606360/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.