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1918 marks the year Memphis Vocational High was changed to Crocket
Technical High. The school would occupy this building for the
next 11 years.
The R.O.T.C. was organized in 1918 just before the close of WW1 and
Tech becomes the first school in Memphis to organize the military
unit of 88 boys. The uniforms were made up by the boys
themselves. They chose white trousers, blue coats with brass
buttons and blue caps. When, because of the war, they could
get no rifles they used wooded rifles made in the Tech Shops.
Unable to get a regular army sergeant, the first company was drilled
by a retired sailor.
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