Oral History Interview with Louis Roffman, December 8, 1980 Page: 5
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5
I had gotten off the ship, and there two big MP's...one
was an officer. There were three and the other two were
enlisted men. As you came on off, they picked you out: "You,
to the MP's; you, Schofield Barracks; you, somewhere else,"
like that. However, I was a mechanic graduate, and they'd
spent a whole lot of money--whatever it cost at that time--to
send me to mechanic's school, and they assigned me to the MP's.
There was nothing I could do about it. I told them I was
assigned to the Army Air Corps unassigned. They said, "You're
an MP driver." Iwas too small to be an MP; you had to be
almost six feet. Well, I was in the MP's for five days until
somebody along the line found out that I belonged to Hickam
Field, and fortunately they transferred me to Hickam Field.
Well, it wasn't Hickman; I wasn't at Hickam Field. I was
transferred to Luke Field, which was on Ford Island.
That must have been around the time that they were in the process
of converting that into a Navy seaplane base and were moving
you guys over to Hickam Field.
When we finally did move, the barracks wasn't complete, and
we moved to what we called "Tent City."
What was life like in "Tent City?"Here you're a young kid, nineteen years old, and things didn't
bother you to much. You could sleep outside in a tent. That
wasn't to bad. I know I wouldn't do it now, but in those days
you took everything with the time, and it didn't bother you.Marcello:
Roffman:
Marcello:
Roffman:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Roffman, Louis. Oral History Interview with Louis Roffman, December 8, 1980, book, December 8, 1980; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2100315/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.