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R & R



Hello All,
 
I've another of those "back in the day" questions for any who care to help. 
 
There was a HUMRRO study done during the war which concluded that combat soldiers often prefered an R & R buddy different from their combat buddies.  ( I can't argue the results, because I haven't seen the study, only a reference to it.)  However, it started me wondering.  In most of the memoirs I've read the authors who wrote about R & R didn't seem to be going on leave at the same time as other of their unit members, OR they often complain that R & R didn't come around as it was supposed to. 
 
So, I think my questions are:  In your experience did R & R work as it was supposed to?   If you had the chance for R & R, was it possible for you to *choose* who you would go with?  Given the chance would you have chosen your combat buddy as an R & R companion?
 
Thanks for your help.
 
Janet
 
 
"Well behaved women rarely make history."
                                              Laurel Thatcher Ulrich