When I did try a few years later to
get some compensation at Buffalo and Rochester VA centers for stomach
and back problems all I got was a runaround.
I sent a telegram to my wife and told her I would let her know when
to come to Rochester, then I sent a message to my father to tell him
of my return to the country. I went to the PX one day and drank a
half glass of beer. I discovered I wasn't in very good shape yet and
had to go back to my bunk to lie down for several hours to recuperate
from the drink. After all I had been through I weighed 124 lbs. only
two pounds less than when I entered the service, however. I had at
least a half dozen Army blankets and I mailed two of them home and
later wished I had mailed a lot more as they were nice blankets and I
sti11 have one.
When it came time to find out where we were going next we lined up in
front, of the desk of an officer who was giving out papers to report
to a large recreation club in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
It was one of those fancy places with tennis, golf, swimming and
horseback riding for two weeks of rest and relaxation. The line got
shorter and the man ahead of me got his papers. It was my turn at
last. The officer stood up, announced that the resort was filled up
and the rest of us were to go home for two weeks then report to
Atlantic City for reassignment or discharge. I was so disappointed as
this would have been such a nice honeymoon for Lettie and I.
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