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Show JUN KURUMADA PRI 1 2 BEC: So you were considered in the reserves all during th 1 0 and that's why they could keep sending you these letters? Because I just wond r d if that a an error or something, but it's because you were in the reserves and you think th y intended to call you up? JUN: I think that was normal procedure there as far as calling me or writing to me on the direction they did. But I think that what was holding my enlistment back was this Dr. Robinson, who was the, I think he was the chairman of the procurement and assignment group who would determine, in this area, who would be called into the service. And I talked to a couple, in fact, two of the dentists that were eligible to be called in but who were not called in. And I asked them, "How come you didn't go into the service." And they said, "Well, I talked to Robinson." See. BEC: That ended it there. JUN: So, with their conversations with Dr. Robinson, I guess he was the one who said, "Well, we'll bypass him so you don't have to go in." But the others he didn't know too well, but I think Robinson knew these two dentists well enough to say, you come talk to me and I'll keep you out of the service. That's basically my concept of why they weren't called in. And yet, those that didn't know him, or that Robinson felt that they would be subject to call, he would okay the enlistment calls for them and so they went in. BEC: So, looking back on this now, how do you feel about it? You could develop some bitterness, I think. JUN: Well, I wasn't too happy about it. In fact, I was disappointed that such had happened because it took a big toll not only in the period I was called in and the 22 |
