Re: Vets, "Where Ya Been?"

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   Bill
  I went over on the USNS Gen Weigel , shipping out of New Orleans . We were very growded and was on that ship 30 days before landing at Hokkido , Japan .
Sure was good to get off that ship after being on it all that time except for 4hours at Balboa Panama Canal
Zone . 
 I came back on the USNS Gen Polk , landing at the 
 Presido , in San Francisco then a ferry to Camp Stoneman at about midnight . That was the first place any one treated us decent ,they took us to mess halls at that late hour and fed us roast turkey  
mashed potatos ,gravey , real milk , then ice cream .
 I'll never for get that . 
 From there I went by troop train to Camp Carson ,Colo . My wife and 
 two little boys was waiting for me at near by Colorado Springs . My mustering out pay was $300 .
    I Wanted to get away some place and not see people 
so we used most of the $300 to make the down payment on a cabin in the mountains on 3 acers of vertical land . The cabin had no running water , an out house and a wood burning stove for heat . 
   But we made it just fine .
            Jerry            KW         51-52