One Saturday a.m. I was the Sergeant of the Guard, and a civilian lady from the civilian housing across the street came over to the orderly room and wanted us to go over and arrest her husband. He was drunk, abusive, etc. That is not what our outfit was organized to do, so I went to the company commander who was Officer of the Guard that day, and explained the problem to him, and his reply was to tell her to come over and live with us and we won’t beat her unless she really needed it. In hind sight, I really should have laughed and stood there until he thought more about the subject, so he could have given me a better answer. But instead I said, ”Yes sir,” saluted, did an ‘about face,’ and left. One the way back down to the orderly room, I kept thinking I can’t tell her that. I got out of that deal by the Orderly Room having windows facing the street and she saw her husband leave, so she wasn’t afraid anymore, and went back home.
The W.M.B. was three stories high with a three story tower above the rotunda in the front of the building – one basement level and about three levels down was a bomb shelter.
Under normal conditions we could not seeMt.Fuji, but once after a long rainy spell, the sun came out and the air was clear and we could seeMt. Fuji so plain and clear. It seemed odd that after eight or nine months, something appeared that wasn’t there before. From the top of the tower in the evening we could see the outline of Mt.Fuji when the evening sun made a glow on the snow and ice on the top of (Mt.Fuji.)
Naomi Vetter says
Is that Gomer Pyle picking mushrooms with the other soldiers?
Julie Baker says
Prayer request: my 2 sons and daughter in law are flying to thialand starting this morning it will take 48 hrs to get there with numerous connecting flights in foreign countries. Shawn is flying alone as I had to cancel. With all the airplanes disappearing and being shot out of the sky in that area I ask for all the prayers I can get to get them there safely. And then 3 weeks later pray for them again to get home safe. They are on 2 separate flights. Cross your fingers and toes and pray hard! Thanks!