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"I think most were drafted," says Robert S. Sturgis '44-'47, a former Crimson president. "There was a little bit of a class thing there. Most of the proper Bostonians I knew went out to enlist the day after war was declared."
"There was a feeling of relief at coming out of the war," Sturgis says. "We had all sorts of expectations of a great new life."
"We were not long out of our teens, and we were really starting out," reminisces Sturgis, who is now an architect.
"That was the first Commencement after the war was all over, so I'm sure the powers that be thought that was the time to say thank you to the military," says Robert S. Sturgis '44, a former Crimson president who graduated in 1947.
"We were certainly not having any argument about ROTC on campus," says Sturgis, laughing. "It wasn't as though the military was an issue. There was no discussion over whether it was a good thing or not. It was clearly a fact of life."