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Show JUN KURUMADA P I l 2001 promoted to lieutenant colonel. This Colonel Evans he was the chi f offi r th r , r th ranking officer there, then, I think there were two majors also in the unit and s v ral captains and lieutenants in the medical unit. So he says, "Well, we can t have you coming in as a lieutenant colonel because you'd outrank there other two majors who ve been in here for several years who are in a position to be promoted. And if I came in then the table of organization would eliminate at least one of them from being promoted." So he says, and his words to me was that, "Besides, this is an all-white unit." So I said, well, if that's going to be that difficult for me, I says, maybe I'd just better not apply. He says, "That's my advice." See, it's just a matter of saying, "We don't want you in our outfit." BEC: Right, yeah. JUN: During all that time there was a reserve officer, but he wasn't in the medical unit. He was in the artillery unit and his name was Remington. But he was a good friend of my wife's very good friend. And he was stationed up here at the time. And he thought, well, you ought to be able to get into this reserve unit. So he inquired, and when he inquired, he got the same message that I got from this colonel there. And yet, he had, at that time, there were several real good friends of mine that got into various units up here. [phone rings] I'll get that on the message later. BEC: Oh, okay. JUN: ... but he indicated ... and they stayed in, they got their promotions and they stayed in until they were able to retire. So they retired from the reserve unit after, well, let's see, I think they stayed about the equivalent of-excuse me. [turns off tape] JUN: What was I. .. well I don't remember. 21 |
