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Mr. Bible:
Ed Metzler:
Mr. Bible:
Ed Metzler:
Mr. Bible:
Ed Metzler:
Some of them got back in time; I didn't. I got to Bells, Texas, I had three or
four telegrams ... from one telegram got there ... so they sent out many
telegrams for me ...
Hum!
... to see. So, I got back in time. And I just walked across the hall. First thing
that I ... about it ... and he says, "(unintelligible), I'm going into Los Angeles
now," and ... or maybe San Francisco, "I guess I'm going to San Francisco
now." So, I took off and went to San Francisco for the weekend, got back in
time, so we got on the ship. And some people had not gotten back, they did not
know, but ... to get back early. And one boy I talked to said he got back too
late, they laid ... they put him in a ... they gave him two officers and they told
the officers that gave them jeep, said, "Now, you take him to ... certain place."
So, that was in southern California around San Diego they were. So, they
carried him in San Diego. Now, when we went first down to San Diego, we
were ... pulled in about noon and we were supposed to catch a train, but some
boys didn't get back from their duty that day in time, so they put up two or three
trucks and they drove us from north of Los Angeles to San Diego on those
trucks. Next morning we had to go into a building there and our officers, many
of them flew in from Florida the day before or that night, they were as bad off
as we were. And so the officers came in there and I happened to be sitting on
the line, but I was one of ... only one that was in front of the group in the
(unintelligible), so I became Sergeant because ... of the group because I was in
front, and that was nice.
Yeah!
I was good; I ... I was not one of those that would drink, so I never did go to
town with them. So, everybody could get a weekend pass, and so the officers
would assign passes for everybody and give them to me. So, the people knew I
had [a] pass. If they wanted a pass, they'd come to me to get it. All they had to
do to fill out for where they were going and when they were going to come
back. That made it ... that made it very interesting.
Yeah! Yeah, you were a popular guy!
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