Oral History Interview with Donald McWilliams, January 24, 2017 Page: 6
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Ed Metzler:That's a lot of moves. But we moved a lot when Dad was a Ranger ...
Uh hum.
... because he was transferred from one town to the ... another.
Uh hum.
He was the Sheriff, the Deputy Sheriff.
So, where'd you go to school?
Well, I went to school ... in ... in Ballinger, in Austin, in Midland, Big Lake,
San Angelo, Lubbock, back to Austin, Ozona.
You never could really put your roots down, could you ...
Never could.
... from being a, you know, a student.
But, that brings up a point that I'd like to ... just mention. In the fifty-two
times that we moved ... was ... part of that was, of course, was Maggie and
our kids. I thought it was the most wonderful thing, and they would admit
... ad ... admit, too, right now ... moving helped them because you never met
a stranger. If we moved into a town, they became ... they became a friend,
not just an acquaintance, but a friend. And to this day, they walk into a
room of strangers, and they walk out of... with a room of friends.
Uh hum, that's ... yeah, they learned ... to integrate quickly ...
Yes, and they ... they did.
... and to ... and to make contact with people.
They did.
Yeah, yeah. So, when you actually graduated from high school, where were
you?Ozona.
Okay, so you were a ...
In 1942.
... graduate of... okay. And so, if you ... and ... and that was in '42 you
say?
Right.
So, the war started while you were still in high school.6
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McWilliams, Donald. Oral History Interview with Donald McWilliams, January 24, 2017, text, January 24, 2017; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1607115/m1/6/?q=%22~1%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.