AgLA06 said:
dcbowers said:
I would imagine that the 1945 ROTC Rifle Match Championships was very competitive.
Normally the opposite during wars. Everyone was abroad fighting. There weren't many upper classman on campuses those days because many enlisted to get in to the action. I think I remember a story of A&M being like a ghost town in 1942.
With stories of most forces staying overseas long after victory, I wonder how many were back domestically to compete.
Really cool no matter what.
My grandfather and his twin brother started out c/o '48 and spent part of their first semester on campus, and he said no one really did anything because they were all expecting they'd be heading off to basic training before the end of the school year. They enlisted in the Navy with a couple of other guys from Belton that they grew up with, all ended up on the same boat (USS Windham Bay) and toured around the Pacific for a few months before the war ended. Went back to A&M on the GI bill and finished in 3 years so he didn't have to pay for anything.
Funny story about when they enlisted, both twins were colorblind, so they sent their friend Bob Carlisle in ahead of them for the eye exam and he just read off the chart real loud so they could memorize it.
