Just saw this....what the hell? Any Aggie that knows his campos knows this isn't true.
Is it a big deal in the grand scheme of things? Not really, however I take a lot of pride in what A&M accomplished during the war years and think OSU's claim needs to be disputed.
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Oregon State College was referred to as the "West Point of the West" during these years. More Cadets were commissioned than at any other non-military academy in the United States. In 1942, there were 1,683 ROTC Cadets. 110 officers were commissioned that year and went immediately into service. By 1945 more Cadets were commissioned than at any other school in the West.[2]
Enlistments lowered ROTC enrollments drastically during the war years, but in March 1943, an Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) came into existence to provide troop technical training in engineering, communications, and languages. A student from those years remembers that at the beginning of the war all the young men were immediately put into uniform. Most of them were absorbed elsewhere, but the engineers stayed, later to be joined by ASTP groups.[2]
In all, over 2,000 men were trained at the University while about 9,000 graduates and former students, many of them had their military training at Oregon State, served on active duty during World War II.
Is it a big deal in the grand scheme of things? Not really, however I take a lot of pride in what A&M accomplished during the war years and think OSU's claim needs to be disputed.
