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During basic training most of us wore our uniforms when we went to town,
but Cantalupo always wore civvies. Often he would walk on the other side of the
street and holler at us, "Here, Doggies. Come here doggies." The civilians would
laugh about this. And once, when I was at Camp Atterbury, Ind.
putting in my time while waiting to be discharged, five of us went into a
bar in Indianapolis. A black guy was one of the five. We each ordered a beer,
but the bartender just set four beers on the bar. When told that we ordered five
beers, the bartender replied, "We don't serve colored people here." One of the
guys said, "I hope you didn't open more than you can drink." And we walked
out.
Bob Dove
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Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:10
PM
Subject: Re:
After getting shot up pretty
badly coming down from the Chosin, I woke up a few days later aboard the
hospital ship Consolation to music playing,"My Blue Heaven," Followed by a
deep baritone voice saying ,"this musical interlude has been coming to you
from the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel St. Francis in San Francisco
California."It made such and impression on me that as soon as I returned to
the US, I went to the Ballroom of the hotel (Guy Lombardo was appearing there)
where I was told that they do not admit men in uniform. So much for pleasant
memories. Lee
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