1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,099 This morning we have the pleasure of being able to interview Mr. Jack Ralph 2 00:00:07,099 --> 00:00:14,000 Thompson 131 Edgewood Drive Bedford Indiana date of birth January the 13th 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:21,940 1922. Today's date is May the 19th 2005. My name is Pat McLean and I'm on the 4 00:00:21,940 --> 00:00:27,719 staff at United States Senator Richard Lugar. With me is Rachel Ray an intern 5 00:00:27,719 --> 00:00:34,399 from the St. Mary the Woods College. Mr. Thompson did you list into the Navy or 6 00:00:34,399 --> 00:00:50,039 were you drafted into the service first? I listed in July 1942. Where were you sent once you enlisted? The Navy agreed to let us finish college. I was a junior in college so I wasn't 7 00:00:50,039 --> 00:00:54,960 activated until a year and a day later and then I was ordered to Northwestern 8 00:00:54,960 --> 00:01:02,399 University Midshipman School in Chicago. I spent four months there and from there I was 9 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:07,439 released my first duty station I used to go to Pearl Harbor that was in December 10 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:14,620 43. There I was displaced in an officer's pool and assigned to the Azure 11 00:01:14,620 --> 00:01:19,920 light which had been William Mellon's private yacht which was called the 12 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,280 Vagabondia and he had donated that to the Navy for the duration of the war. 13 00:01:24,439 --> 00:01:52,840 Unfortunately the ship had been built in Germany and all the specifications were in German and of course mostly civilians by now in the service and we could find very few people that could speak German which presented a number of problems. Plus I just didn't seem to adapt to that type of duty. It never left the shore and there was nothing going on and so 14 days later I was lucky enough I thought at the time to be reassigned to a ship that was 14 00:01:52,840 --> 00:02:02,319 in Dry Dock which was in St. Joseph 629 which had been built up in Quincy Adams Yard in Boston. My first question to the 15 00:02:02,319 --> 00:02:32,199 Canadian officer was how did they get this thing over here. It was only a hundred feet long, 17 feet wide right a hundred tons and that hurt his feelings because he came on his own farm. He came down the east coast to the canal up to San Diego Pearl Harbor and got on patrol for a couple of months. Plus he wanted an experienced officer and I had been an officer for 34 days and he said questions like did you have some sailing or something? 16 00:02:32,319 --> 00:03:02,319 What was the experience? I said no. Did you know anything about engineering or anything? I said no. I bet you're interested in gunnery and it went hunting a lot. I said no. Is there anything you know? I said yes. I wondered why. I'm standing here with this ship in Dry Dock. How am I going to get on it? Well we climbed up the water and I stayed on that ship for almost 8 to 10 months. We were supposed to have that duty for just 12 months and then it was supposed to be rotated. There was a problem in getting qualified 17 00:03:02,319 --> 00:03:32,319 people and we were, as I tell you, we went to Palma Island, Johnson Island, Inuitau, Lunafuti, and ended up in Esprit Sano. This is about 3,000 miles from the Evergies. On the way our sister ship became involved in the firing accident and they were doing target practice and some 20 men were in Luna Valley about 30. I was transferred to sea because 18 00:03:32,319 --> 00:04:02,319 I've been in the pharmacist. There was something about first aid and immediately saw a terrible situation. It was certainly not clean. There was disorganization. There were no ice cubes. Fortunately I guess we had some fresh water. So I asked for assistance from YMS, Yard Mines Creek, and they sent over a chief pharmacist who was also a civilian pharmacist. We did the first aid and took care of them and were wounded the best we could and then the man 19 00:04:02,319 --> 00:04:32,319 who was most seriously deceased died by the doctor. It was a terrible experience. He was only 18 years old. I felt very badly. We could do nothing. The seas were too rough to set a sea plane. There was no place to land a helicopter. Our convoy, which was 7 or 8 ships, did not have any medical personnel. We did not have a doctor. And in fact I had a doctor who had a diagnosis as I talked to physicians about the investigation. The man would have to have a surgeon. 20 00:04:32,319 --> 00:05:00,639 We earned the name of the enemy and his penetration of the shell and exploded by the oxygen 21 00:05:00,639 --> 00:05:05,040 of 300 mile limits and patrolling, et cetera, et cetera. 22 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,879 So then in December of 44, I think it was, 23 00:05:08,879 --> 00:05:12,439 they decided to change our designation on a sub-taser 24 00:05:12,439 --> 00:05:15,800 to a landing craft control LCC. 25 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,519 And that was in anticipating of landings in Japan 26 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:21,420 when they were already thinking ahead. 27 00:05:21,420 --> 00:05:25,800 So we spent six weeks in Tulagi in the Solomon Islands 28 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,800 having all the work done by qualified Navy personnel, 29 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,720 which was all refused and denied, but we were ready to go. 30 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,279 So this was great. 31 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:37,399 We were ordered back to Pearl Harbor. 32 00:05:37,399 --> 00:05:39,519 Well, that's a 25-mile trip for us, 33 00:05:39,519 --> 00:05:43,360 because we all go 12 to 15 miles an hour. 34 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,000 So we went back to Pearl Harbor, 35 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,600 and they finished most of the work. 36 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,199 And from Pearl Harbor, we went the same route, 37 00:05:50,199 --> 00:05:51,560 except we went to Guam. 38 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:57,519 Now, at Guam, we failed to keep the signal watch. 39 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,800 We failed to turn our radio on, and one day, 40 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,759 somebody came and was threatening to arrest 41 00:06:03,759 --> 00:06:07,079 my commanding officer, because this ship was getting into 42 00:06:07,079 --> 00:06:09,160 sort of a bad situation. 43 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,160 We had done things for a couple weeks. 44 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,399 We were ordered to, Okinawa, I think it was maybe four hours. 45 00:06:15,399 --> 00:06:18,920 So we were at Okinawa, dodging the planes 46 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,160 and everything for a month or so. 47 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,240 I forgot to mention that in May, 48 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,319 when my commanding officer asked me to send home, 49 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,759 they sent orders for me to go home, 50 00:06:28,759 --> 00:06:30,959 because I had been overseen as long as a little kid 51 00:06:30,959 --> 00:06:34,079 had been overseen, and that's how exactly joyful it was 52 00:06:34,079 --> 00:06:37,120 for him, because he was trying to get married, et cetera. 53 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,439 But the man that was coming to relay me couldn't find me. 54 00:06:40,439 --> 00:06:43,480 He went to Guadalcanal, and I had to call my way 55 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,839 to Guadalcanal to Pearl Harbor. 56 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,319 They sent him to Pearl Harbor 57 00:06:47,319 --> 00:06:49,439 when I found my way to Guam. 58 00:06:49,439 --> 00:06:52,279 They sent him to Guam, and I was on my way to Okinawa, 59 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:53,839 and they just couldn't go down and buy a ticket 60 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:56,399 and went in on a plane or boat. 61 00:06:56,399 --> 00:06:58,639 So I wonder, I think he's not coming, 62 00:06:58,639 --> 00:07:00,759 because now we're up to a trip to Guam. 63 00:07:00,759 --> 00:07:03,199 I've also been getting married when I get home, 64 00:07:03,199 --> 00:07:06,160 and I just put everything on hold back home. 65 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,120 So he arrived at Okinawa, and I left him the other day 66 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:11,800 at my ship, when I was a passenger, 67 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,879 and the kids arrived at Guam. 68 00:07:13,879 --> 00:07:16,279 That night at Guam, they arrived. 69 00:07:16,279 --> 00:07:19,560 So we were all transported, transported into, 70 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,160 transferred into Quonset House. 71 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,319 And after two or three days in May, 72 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:27,720 we were going to a small town, a small hospital. 73 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,360 There was always rumors. 74 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,600 The rumor was that everybody in Quonset 75 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:36,600 was going to Japan to occupation forces. 76 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,079 Forget about this, we thought all of us 77 00:07:40,079 --> 00:07:41,959 thought we were going home. 78 00:07:41,959 --> 00:07:44,920 So we were all called in Quonset and had about 300 others. 79 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:46,800 This man got up and said, 80 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,839 the president of Polk will leave tomorrow morning, 81 00:07:49,839 --> 00:07:51,800 and it's going to be the only ship 82 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,759 going to the United States for me. 83 00:07:54,759 --> 00:07:57,600 And there's going to be 10,000 people. 84 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,439 I'm going to be very proud of him. 85 00:07:59,439 --> 00:08:01,240 The cabins will be, have been redone 86 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,240 to hold nine people for two. 87 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,600 So this guy's standing next to me, raised his hand. 88 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,920 So I just shouldn't get the next ship, 89 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,680 and the commander, who's going to take the next ship, 90 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,439 goes to Okinawa. 91 00:08:13,439 --> 00:08:14,839 And I said, I think I changed my mind. 92 00:08:14,839 --> 00:08:18,560 I want to go on the ship and go to a place of labor. 93 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,399 It's good to be a graduate. 94 00:08:21,399 --> 00:08:26,399 So then, 17 days later, I arrived in San Francisco, 95 00:08:26,399 --> 00:08:28,920 and that was the first ship or the troops 96 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:34,240 on the wall after the president released the plane. 97 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:35,879 I didn't have much celebration, 98 00:08:35,879 --> 00:08:39,919 so I got a chance to fly home, 99 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:44,879 got married, and was ordered to school 100 00:08:44,879 --> 00:08:47,600 in the Brooklyn Navy Corps. 101 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,399 So I didn't have enough place to get out, 102 00:08:49,519 --> 00:08:52,200 so I put Brooklyn and the guys there. 103 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,960 You don't have to go to school in the morning. 104 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:55,320 We were going to New York in the hall, 105 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,039 so I was just taking the sights. 106 00:08:58,039 --> 00:08:59,559 So I was living in New York in the hotel, 107 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,519 getting paid so much a day in the state now. 108 00:09:02,519 --> 00:09:06,039 And I called in every day at noon, 109 00:09:06,039 --> 00:09:08,759 and I forget how to tell you, I've had 11 days. 110 00:09:08,759 --> 00:09:10,840 You know, I'm also on a honeymoon with you. 111 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:11,679 Not too bad. 112 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:13,120 Way to be having a honeymoon. 113 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:14,759 Right, honeymoon paid for. 114 00:09:14,759 --> 00:09:18,799 A lady in the good grades had ordered me from 115 00:09:18,799 --> 00:09:23,240 Brooklyn, New York, to assassinate the man. 116 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,879 I didn't even know where assassinate Japan was. 117 00:09:25,879 --> 00:09:27,840 Brooklyn, New York, look on a map. 118 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,879 You run off the edge of the map so far. 119 00:09:30,879 --> 00:09:33,799 So we got on a train, got on a train, 120 00:09:33,799 --> 00:09:36,320 we found out that we only had one ticket. 121 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,159 We could buy a ticket from the conductor, 122 00:09:39,159 --> 00:09:40,159 and so we went and got a train, 123 00:09:40,159 --> 00:09:42,960 took three or four days to get to San Francisco. 124 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,440 In San Francisco, I was put on the train, 125 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,120 holding the hospital ship, 126 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,679 and didn't know whether my wife got on a train 127 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,120 or not to run it before she was leaving. 128 00:09:55,919 --> 00:10:01,730 Frank Colby went to Okinawa. 129 00:10:01,730 --> 00:10:06,649 Okinawa, I've, first I was in a PB2 line 130 00:10:06,649 --> 00:10:08,370 and something like that. 131 00:10:08,370 --> 00:10:10,210 Flying boat, and couldn't take it off, 132 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:13,129 and then I went to jail, and I went on the back, 133 00:10:13,129 --> 00:10:16,690 and I kept taxiing up and down the harbor. 134 00:10:16,730 --> 00:10:19,129 I went to the ship that was short of officers, 135 00:10:19,129 --> 00:10:22,929 and they had some money officers that I had sent out there 136 00:10:22,929 --> 00:10:25,090 to take command of. 137 00:10:25,090 --> 00:10:27,570 So I brought that ship with the commanding officer 138 00:10:27,570 --> 00:10:30,090 when he was over in San Francisco. 139 00:10:30,090 --> 00:10:32,929 We brought him back to San Francisco. 140 00:10:32,929 --> 00:10:35,090 On the day that we arrived in San Francisco, 141 00:10:35,090 --> 00:10:37,330 my wife came from Cincinnati, 142 00:10:37,330 --> 00:10:40,450 and my change of command, 143 00:10:40,450 --> 00:10:42,450 I became a commanding officer at the time, 144 00:10:42,529 --> 00:10:45,730 I was about 79 feet at 60 men, 145 00:10:45,730 --> 00:10:48,169 because the ship had been on him. 146 00:10:48,169 --> 00:10:52,049 That night, I was in my hotel room in Chinatown, 147 00:10:52,049 --> 00:10:53,490 in a place where I could get, 148 00:10:53,490 --> 00:10:54,850 I got a call at 10 o'clock, 149 00:10:56,690 --> 00:10:59,730 telling me we were back for four months to get there. 150 00:10:59,730 --> 00:11:01,330 I said, I have to go home, 151 00:11:01,330 --> 00:11:04,929 I said, we were back for four months for repairs, 152 00:11:04,929 --> 00:11:07,730 rehabilitation, change of career. 153 00:11:07,730 --> 00:11:09,409 I got called from my executive officer, 154 00:11:09,409 --> 00:11:12,330 telling me that we ordered 72 hours 155 00:11:12,850 --> 00:11:15,850 and a week off, with a bomb teller. 156 00:11:15,850 --> 00:11:21,250 I know it was a good day, I took the Navy. 157 00:11:21,250 --> 00:11:22,730 Next morning, we tried to get out of the war 158 00:11:22,730 --> 00:11:25,929 and got to a lot of problems with the Navy. 159 00:11:25,929 --> 00:11:27,090 I think I disagree. 160 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,960 So, a captain in the Navy finally kept our scenery, 161 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,200 so he wrote me orders to get off the ship 162 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,320 and throw hard at the best he could do. 163 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,360 And he also said, in a funny sort of way, 164 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,559 I never want to see you again, Thompson. 165 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,960 You've been here every day, and we've done all we can do. 166 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,879 I want to get off now and go back six hours. 167 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,799 So, we brewed the ship together, 168 00:11:54,799 --> 00:11:57,679 but we had to go to the Treasure Island 169 00:11:57,679 --> 00:11:59,919 and get new sailors, right? 170 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:01,879 We didn't have the sailors. 171 00:12:01,879 --> 00:12:04,440 We got sailors, we never know about the ship. 172 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:08,200 Navy men are, Navy men 12, 14, 16 years, 173 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:12,639 knew more than I knew, you know, only 23 of them. 174 00:12:12,639 --> 00:12:15,639 So, we got in a five-ship convoy. 175 00:12:15,639 --> 00:12:19,000 I remember the demands, they didn't want to see me again. 176 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,480 They left me happy, but they didn't want me back in town. 177 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,440 300 miles to sea, we called fire. 178 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:27,240 I had just gone up on the bridge 179 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:28,480 because I didn't have to stand to watch. 180 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,480 I had the powers of fire. 181 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,399 Somebody said, there's a fire. 182 00:12:32,399 --> 00:12:33,240 I said, where? 183 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:34,799 They said, there. 184 00:12:34,799 --> 00:12:37,519 The smoke was pouring out of the galley 185 00:12:37,519 --> 00:12:40,360 and the air was pouring out of it. 186 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,080 Well, the Navy has a watch, quarter, and station build. 187 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:44,399 That's where they tell everybody 188 00:12:44,399 --> 00:12:47,039 where they're gonna go in every situation. 189 00:12:47,039 --> 00:12:52,039 Tying up, untying, fire, artillery practice, whatever. 190 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:53,480 That's the place. 191 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:54,720 We had that land on our desk. 192 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:56,200 We had never finished it. 193 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,559 So, all these guys come on the ship. 194 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,080 They don't know what they're gonna do. 195 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:00,720 I was never so impressed. 196 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,519 The first thing I thought of was getting a muster 197 00:13:03,519 --> 00:13:06,080 finding out if there's anybody down on the track. 198 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,639 So, and is anybody hurt? 199 00:13:08,639 --> 00:13:10,399 Now, one guy had hurt his finger 200 00:13:10,399 --> 00:13:12,679 because that was when he was ready for the fire. 201 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,679 So, we sent somebody down 202 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:16,600 and there was a rescue breather after that. 203 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,000 They said it was a galley, it was not a fire. 204 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,279 So, then we decided we used fire extinguishers 205 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:24,360 and used water. 206 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,639 And we realized then that next to the fire 207 00:13:27,639 --> 00:13:30,200 is where we stored all the ammunition. 208 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,639 And that is where we had a lot of that. 209 00:13:31,639 --> 00:13:35,879 4,000 rounds of 40 millimeter, that's a big boom. 210 00:13:35,879 --> 00:13:40,879 So, we guys volunteered to throw that over the side. 211 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,480 Well, meanwhile, we're pumping water into the back. 212 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,679 Meanwhile, I've asked the convoy for permission 213 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:52,240 to stand away because there's 700 ships by the side. 214 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,120 And everybody wants to help. 215 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,240 So, we got the fire put out into the newspaper 216 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,679 like we said two and a half hours. 217 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:01,840 And, but we had pumped enough water in 218 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,519 that we probably better pumped one more out 219 00:14:04,639 --> 00:14:06,840 or we were going to sink in the water. 220 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,240 So, there's a thing in the Navy called a handy bill. 221 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,720 It's this big of a boat up top. 222 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,120 We should have had two or three, we only had one. 223 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:15,240 It didn't work. 224 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:20,240 So, I had to ask the Commodore of the convoy 225 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:21,720 if he had one. 226 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:26,720 Get him, he's in a 7,000 ton ship, 400 feet long. 227 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,240 He wants to bring that big ship alongside my ship. 228 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,879 I said, sir, can we bring our ship alongside you? 229 00:14:33,919 --> 00:14:35,000 Because we couldn't really move it, 230 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,879 but we got that far now. 231 00:14:36,879 --> 00:14:39,039 But we had two more fires. 232 00:14:39,039 --> 00:14:40,200 We threw the electrical system. 233 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,600 So, somebody went down in the fire brigade 234 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,440 and said, we've got to break these cables. 235 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:45,799 It's not that far. 236 00:14:45,799 --> 00:14:47,679 Well, when they broke the cables, 237 00:14:47,679 --> 00:14:49,080 turned off the power steam. 238 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:54,009 So, I had for two minutes on them 239 00:14:54,009 --> 00:14:55,570 and they could only stay on for, 240 00:14:55,570 --> 00:14:57,090 well, I told when I got tired of the hauling, 241 00:14:57,090 --> 00:14:58,809 I didn't know what to do. 242 00:14:58,809 --> 00:15:01,330 But the men who were new to the ship, 243 00:15:01,330 --> 00:15:04,169 everybody turned too in such a way 244 00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:05,970 that there were no other casualties. 245 00:15:07,330 --> 00:15:08,570 This chief state woman went 246 00:15:08,570 --> 00:15:11,450 and got threw down the gal at the refrigeration vault. 247 00:15:11,450 --> 00:15:14,730 Now, they took it to this officer's food place 248 00:15:14,730 --> 00:15:17,250 and made sandwiches with some help. 249 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:18,850 And there was an investigation. 250 00:15:18,850 --> 00:15:22,850 But the first person I saw was that guy who said to me, 251 00:15:22,850 --> 00:15:25,049 I want to see you again, Thompson. 252 00:15:25,049 --> 00:15:29,549 And before I could say anything, his aide, 253 00:15:29,549 --> 00:15:30,389 his aide was there. 254 00:15:30,389 --> 00:15:32,850 I remember his aide's name was Taylor. 255 00:15:32,850 --> 00:15:35,370 He and I had gotten the claim or something. 256 00:15:35,370 --> 00:15:37,129 He had received it and said, 257 00:15:37,129 --> 00:15:41,289 Mr. Thompson, this team's portrait doesn't fly away. 258 00:15:41,289 --> 00:15:46,080 And the captain said, I guess he wants his orders changed. 259 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,879 I tried to speak up. 260 00:15:49,879 --> 00:15:51,399 There were about four of those. 261 00:15:51,399 --> 00:15:52,759 And he turned to his aide and said, 262 00:15:52,759 --> 00:15:59,860 right, Mr. Thompson, forward, and there was a great place. 263 00:15:59,860 --> 00:16:01,019 But I got to go home. 264 00:16:01,019 --> 00:16:02,240 I went to Great Lakes. 265 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,539 Well, they're going to do me a great life. 266 00:16:04,539 --> 00:16:08,299 I've really only got 45 days to get back to Disney. 267 00:16:08,299 --> 00:16:12,299 And so they offered me a troop training. 268 00:16:12,299 --> 00:16:14,299 I got to go get a kid. 269 00:16:14,299 --> 00:16:17,299 I wanted to come into boot camp and teach kid sailors. 270 00:16:17,299 --> 00:16:20,799 And I went to get a girl named Taylor. 271 00:16:20,799 --> 00:16:22,139 I thought, well, duty and Cincinnati 272 00:16:22,139 --> 00:16:28,230 is an recruiting station. 273 00:16:28,230 --> 00:16:30,230 He said, would you say you are a tsunami? 274 00:16:30,230 --> 00:16:30,730 Pharmacist. 275 00:16:30,730 --> 00:16:32,230 Oh, that's too bad. 276 00:16:32,230 --> 00:16:35,730 Cincinnati has a material redistribution and disposal. 277 00:16:35,730 --> 00:16:36,730 It's a surplus property. 278 00:16:36,730 --> 00:16:39,730 But you have to be an accountant normally. 279 00:16:40,070 --> 00:16:42,970 I said, with due respect to accounts. 280 00:16:42,970 --> 00:16:45,970 Send me the Navy, you'll never know the difference. 281 00:16:45,970 --> 00:16:47,570 I said, I think you're right. 282 00:16:47,570 --> 00:16:49,570 Turned to a young man and said, right, Mr. Thompson, 283 00:16:49,570 --> 00:16:51,850 always report to Cincinnati. 284 00:16:51,850 --> 00:16:53,769 I reported down there. 285 00:16:53,769 --> 00:16:56,490 And it turns out, to make a long story short, 286 00:16:56,490 --> 00:16:59,049 I extended my naval here in the state six months 287 00:16:59,049 --> 00:17:02,809 to more than 18 miles from my office. 288 00:17:02,809 --> 00:17:05,690 Downside was having six Enfields working for me 289 00:17:05,690 --> 00:17:08,170 and having a second place I've never had in my life. 290 00:17:08,170 --> 00:17:10,130 I didn't know what to do with that, really. 291 00:17:10,130 --> 00:17:12,130 But we disposed of property. 292 00:17:12,130 --> 00:17:16,130 We never was an investigation, like it was after World War II. 293 00:17:16,130 --> 00:17:18,630 And we can have a half day off to go for a job. 294 00:17:18,630 --> 00:17:19,630 I took that every week. 295 00:17:19,630 --> 00:17:23,599 They were saying, let's go for a job. 296 00:17:23,599 --> 00:17:25,099 My wife would ride a bus now. 297 00:17:25,099 --> 00:17:27,099 And I would go eat for a little bit. 298 00:17:27,099 --> 00:17:30,599 Maybe I'd go do my job. 299 00:17:30,599 --> 00:17:33,099 And it was an interesting naval career. 300 00:17:33,099 --> 00:17:36,099 I went into it my dad had been in World War I. 301 00:17:36,099 --> 00:17:38,099 Well, I wasn't involved in that. 302 00:17:38,180 --> 00:17:42,660 My cousin was in the submarine for 45 years. 303 00:17:42,660 --> 00:17:54,339 I just thought that the emotion that we went through, 304 00:17:54,339 --> 00:17:57,339 and we went through some of that after 9-1-1. 305 00:17:57,339 --> 00:17:59,839 You know, we had blackouts in my town. 306 00:17:59,839 --> 00:18:01,839 We had air raid wars. 307 00:18:01,839 --> 00:18:03,339 I worked in the drug store. 308 00:18:03,339 --> 00:18:05,339 And you could not get a two-to-two place 309 00:18:05,339 --> 00:18:07,339 because you got a two-to-two. 310 00:18:07,339 --> 00:18:09,339 Because we were silent aeronauts too. 311 00:18:09,339 --> 00:18:11,339 That kind of stuff. 312 00:18:11,339 --> 00:18:12,339 We couldn't use the climate. 313 00:18:12,339 --> 00:18:15,339 We had tires, you know, we had five stories. 314 00:18:15,420 --> 00:18:16,420 We had tires. 315 00:18:16,420 --> 00:18:18,420 We couldn't use those tires. 316 00:18:18,420 --> 00:18:19,420 That's the government release. 317 00:18:19,420 --> 00:18:20,420 It never really was. 318 00:18:20,420 --> 00:18:22,420 The end of the war, the tires were still there. 319 00:18:22,420 --> 00:18:24,420 But then six months that I spent, 320 00:18:24,420 --> 00:18:27,420 and since then I got to do some relief work 321 00:18:27,420 --> 00:18:29,420 and find myself. 322 00:18:29,420 --> 00:18:31,420 And I did look for a job. 323 00:18:31,420 --> 00:18:32,420 That's my kids. 324 00:18:32,420 --> 00:18:34,420 Richmond, Indiana. 325 00:18:34,420 --> 00:18:36,420 You know, I've learned a lot about it. 326 00:18:36,420 --> 00:18:39,660 I'm sure I've left out some great details 327 00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:42,660 for that reason, because it's a fun experience. 328 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:44,660 I mean, the people I know now, 329 00:18:44,740 --> 00:18:48,740 I have one ongoing relationship with Maryland. 330 00:18:48,740 --> 00:18:50,740 That is September, my birthday. 331 00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:52,740 And we talked every week. 332 00:18:52,740 --> 00:18:53,740 We talked every week. 333 00:18:53,740 --> 00:18:55,740 I was broken in his leg. 334 00:18:55,740 --> 00:18:57,740 And six months old and I was a sister 335 00:18:57,740 --> 00:18:59,740 in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. 336 00:18:59,740 --> 00:19:01,740 And we went to the college together. 337 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:03,740 We went to the Navy together. 338 00:19:03,740 --> 00:19:04,740 He went to Europe. 339 00:19:04,740 --> 00:19:06,740 I was Pacific. 340 00:19:06,740 --> 00:19:08,740 He was in my first wedding. 341 00:19:08,740 --> 00:19:10,740 And we both had drug stories. 342 00:19:10,740 --> 00:19:12,740 And we both had families. 343 00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:14,819 And I like to see them, 344 00:19:14,819 --> 00:19:16,819 but I just don't feel capable 345 00:19:16,819 --> 00:19:18,819 to drive Fort Thomas, Kentucky 346 00:19:18,819 --> 00:19:20,819 across the river, as a matter of fact. 347 00:19:20,819 --> 00:19:22,819 And to explain, 348 00:19:22,819 --> 00:19:24,819 he's just been in the nursing home 349 00:19:24,819 --> 00:19:26,819 with this broken ankle. 350 00:19:26,819 --> 00:19:32,279 And I'm so thankful that I couldn't get closer. 351 00:19:32,279 --> 00:19:34,279 On the seventh of July, 352 00:19:34,279 --> 00:19:36,279 every year, I'll get that phone call. 353 00:19:36,279 --> 00:19:38,279 You know, so this is Commander White 354 00:19:38,279 --> 00:19:40,279 and you've been ordered to active here. 355 00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:42,279 It was a day. 356 00:19:42,279 --> 00:19:44,279 We went to Northwestern. 357 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:46,359 There were seven of us. 358 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,359 Eight joined. 359 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:49,359 The Navy. 360 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,359 Seven went to Northwestern. 361 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:53,359 One was sent to Columbia. 362 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:55,359 Six joined the Air Corps. 363 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,359 The Navy was taking a beam 364 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,359 from South Pacific. 365 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:01,359 Everybody said, you guys weren't making it 366 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:02,359 for that year. 367 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:04,359 The Navy kept their word. 368 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,359 The guys in the Air Corps were going to the Navy. 369 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,359 But I'm so grateful that they didn't have 370 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,359 integrity and letting them stay. 371 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,359 Not exactly letting them stay. 372 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,440 I don't know if that was intentional 373 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,440 or just a way to work out. 374 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,440 In view of the fact that you 375 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,440 kept going to graduate from college, 376 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,440 did you use, do you have a bill 377 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,440 for anything at all? 378 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,440 Like hours? 379 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,440 Afterwards, I had enough to go back 380 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,440 from my detention for those studying 381 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,440 medicine. 382 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,440 I had enough for three years 383 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,440 after I got back. 384 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,440 I had a wife, I had a child, 385 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,440 and I also got the job. 386 00:20:40,519 --> 00:20:42,519 I used it for some 387 00:20:42,519 --> 00:20:44,519 short term. 388 00:20:44,519 --> 00:20:46,519 I used it to buy a loan. 389 00:20:46,519 --> 00:20:48,519 I used it to finance 390 00:20:48,519 --> 00:20:50,519 a business that I had. 391 00:20:50,519 --> 00:20:52,519 I used it for 392 00:20:52,519 --> 00:20:54,519 correspondence with education courses. 393 00:20:54,519 --> 00:20:56,519 And I used it for 394 00:20:56,519 --> 00:20:58,519 dental. 395 00:20:58,519 --> 00:21:00,519 Probably going through so much red tape. 396 00:21:00,519 --> 00:21:02,519 I mean, I had some street dollars 397 00:21:02,519 --> 00:21:04,519 and this guy had filled out so many papers 398 00:21:04,519 --> 00:21:06,519 and I had to fill out some more papers 399 00:21:06,519 --> 00:21:08,519 and get out money. 400 00:21:08,599 --> 00:21:10,599 I wasn't discharged. I was ordered to 401 00:21:10,599 --> 00:21:12,599 enact a duty. 402 00:21:12,599 --> 00:21:14,599 I was in that state from 46 to 53. 403 00:21:14,599 --> 00:21:16,599 The next 404 00:21:16,599 --> 00:21:18,599 time I had to do a business, 405 00:21:18,599 --> 00:21:20,599 I equipped my job 406 00:21:20,599 --> 00:21:22,599 with going to a drug store the next day 407 00:21:22,599 --> 00:21:24,599 of June, 1950 408 00:21:24,599 --> 00:21:26,599 early in the war study. 409 00:21:26,599 --> 00:21:28,599 I'm a deck officer, 410 00:21:28,599 --> 00:21:30,599 a qualified deck officer. 411 00:21:30,599 --> 00:21:32,599 I got the word 412 00:21:32,599 --> 00:21:34,599 and that's what they were. 413 00:21:34,599 --> 00:21:36,599 Then they had small craft. 414 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,680 All my training was small. 415 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,680 I was 10 feet up to 100 feet. 416 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,680 So I 417 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,680 swatted. 418 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,680 Anytime Mayo came to me, I should have known 419 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,680 that I wouldn't come except 420 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:50,680 ready to come in. 421 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,680 I was ordered to take a physical. 422 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,680 I drove to 423 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,680 Indianapolis to take a physical on the 424 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,680 doctor that was showing up. 425 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,680 He spent 6 hours making a trip to Indianapolis 426 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,680 and back home. Waited 4 hours 427 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,680 and 4 hours to go. 428 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,680 That's when I got fired. 429 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,089 I went from Maine, 430 00:22:10,089 --> 00:22:12,089 which 431 00:22:12,089 --> 00:22:14,089 you're not going to come back. 432 00:22:14,089 --> 00:22:16,089 Some of the men that worked for me in 433 00:22:16,089 --> 00:22:18,089 Cincinnati, 3 of those men I met 434 00:22:18,089 --> 00:22:20,089 later, 2 of them anyway, 435 00:22:20,089 --> 00:22:22,089 downtown Cincinnati, I made it. 436 00:22:22,089 --> 00:22:25,619 Are you active in 437 00:22:25,619 --> 00:22:27,619 any of the military 438 00:22:27,619 --> 00:22:29,619 service organizations? 439 00:22:29,619 --> 00:22:31,619 I belong to the American Union. 440 00:22:31,619 --> 00:22:33,619 I contribute 441 00:22:33,619 --> 00:22:35,619 although I'm not really accurate 442 00:22:35,619 --> 00:22:37,619 I just say it better because 443 00:22:37,619 --> 00:22:39,619 when my father 444 00:22:39,619 --> 00:22:41,619 passed away, 445 00:22:41,619 --> 00:22:43,619 then how did my mother 446 00:22:43,619 --> 00:22:45,619 do it? 447 00:22:45,619 --> 00:22:47,619 Over the years 448 00:22:47,619 --> 00:22:49,619 I'm not at the same time 449 00:22:49,619 --> 00:22:51,619 obviously. 450 00:22:51,619 --> 00:22:53,619 My disability, when you put me into my ear 451 00:22:53,619 --> 00:22:55,619 is to 452 00:22:55,619 --> 00:22:59,059 tolerate. 453 00:22:59,059 --> 00:23:01,059 You're wearing your jeans when you're 454 00:23:01,059 --> 00:23:05,079 walking. 455 00:23:05,079 --> 00:23:07,079 Can you think of anything that you haven't 456 00:23:07,079 --> 00:23:09,079 discussed today that you would like to 457 00:23:09,079 --> 00:23:12,579 share with us? 458 00:23:12,579 --> 00:23:14,579 I think that your program is 459 00:23:14,579 --> 00:23:16,579 amendable. 460 00:23:16,579 --> 00:23:18,579 I'm impressed. 461 00:23:18,579 --> 00:23:20,579 It seems that the older we get 462 00:23:20,579 --> 00:23:22,579 we go back to this 463 00:23:22,579 --> 00:23:24,579 and I have coffee every Tuesday morning 464 00:23:24,579 --> 00:23:26,579 and there's 5 of them. 465 00:23:26,579 --> 00:23:28,579 One younger 466 00:23:28,579 --> 00:23:30,579 and two 467 00:23:30,579 --> 00:23:32,579 the rest of us have all been there. 468 00:23:32,579 --> 00:23:34,579 One true, 469 00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:36,579 25 missions, and then it was called back to 470 00:23:36,579 --> 00:23:38,579 South Korea. 471 00:23:38,579 --> 00:23:40,579 The other one's in a small-cast position. 472 00:23:40,579 --> 00:23:42,579 Although we don't talk 473 00:23:42,579 --> 00:23:44,579 war stories 474 00:23:44,579 --> 00:23:46,579 the camaraderie that exists 475 00:23:46,579 --> 00:23:48,579 and one doesn't show up 476 00:23:48,579 --> 00:23:50,579 I get concerned 477 00:23:50,579 --> 00:23:52,579 and a couple of guys are not sure of their last name. 478 00:23:52,579 --> 00:23:54,579 I just think 479 00:23:54,579 --> 00:23:56,579 when you meet someone 480 00:23:56,579 --> 00:23:58,579 the 481 00:23:58,579 --> 00:24:00,579 organization fell and 482 00:24:00,579 --> 00:24:02,579 Walmart didn't coffee 483 00:24:02,579 --> 00:24:04,579 and the word came up 484 00:24:04,579 --> 00:24:06,579 and she put them all 485 00:24:06,579 --> 00:24:08,579 up for a day 486 00:24:08,579 --> 00:24:10,579 and they were stuck 487 00:24:10,579 --> 00:24:12,579 and they were stuck 488 00:24:12,579 --> 00:24:14,579 and they were stuck 489 00:24:14,579 --> 00:24:16,579 and we were both in a bunch of way with 490 00:24:16,579 --> 00:24:18,579 25,000 other guys 491 00:24:18,579 --> 00:24:20,579 at the same time 492 00:24:20,579 --> 00:24:22,579 and then we talked 493 00:24:22,579 --> 00:24:24,579 I do volunteer work 494 00:24:24,579 --> 00:24:26,579 at Dunn. I work at Dunn 495 00:24:26,579 --> 00:24:28,579 12 years. I do volunteer 496 00:24:28,579 --> 00:24:30,579 I also work at the other one 497 00:24:30,579 --> 00:24:32,579 I was doing volunteer 498 00:24:32,579 --> 00:24:34,579 I was doing volunteer work 499 00:24:34,579 --> 00:24:36,579 and the man I've known 500 00:24:36,579 --> 00:24:38,579 for many years, a good friend 501 00:24:38,579 --> 00:24:40,579 who created ammunition 502 00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:42,579 was not just an ammunition 503 00:24:42,579 --> 00:24:44,579 we were standing there talking 504 00:24:44,579 --> 00:24:46,579 and I said well this should be the place I'm 505 00:24:46,579 --> 00:24:48,579 going to throw the foodie 506 00:24:48,579 --> 00:24:50,579 and turn around 507 00:24:50,579 --> 00:24:54,539 and throw the foodie 508 00:24:54,539 --> 00:24:56,539 I was always going to look at me 509 00:24:56,539 --> 00:24:58,539 do you? 510 00:24:58,539 --> 00:25:02,259 That's where we buried the boy that died 511 00:25:02,259 --> 00:25:04,259 I said what were you doing? 512 00:25:04,259 --> 00:25:06,259 He used to turn around and throw him at the room 513 00:25:06,259 --> 00:25:08,259 because you know where the truck 514 00:25:08,259 --> 00:25:10,259 and nobody told that 515 00:25:10,259 --> 00:25:12,259 Dr. Benham 516 00:25:12,259 --> 00:25:14,259 Dr. Benham and I were 517 00:25:14,259 --> 00:25:16,259 imagine here I've known him for 25 years 518 00:25:16,259 --> 00:25:18,259 Dr. Benham was a foodie 519 00:25:18,259 --> 00:25:20,259 foodie 520 00:25:20,259 --> 00:25:22,259 on the transport at Samaria 521 00:25:22,259 --> 00:25:24,259 I was there in a hearing 522 00:25:24,259 --> 00:25:26,259 because of it 523 00:25:26,259 --> 00:25:28,259 and he told a lot of people 524 00:25:28,259 --> 00:25:30,259 at the 50th 525 00:25:30,259 --> 00:25:32,259 anniversary party they had 526 00:25:32,259 --> 00:25:34,259 he and I were foodie foodie 527 00:25:34,259 --> 00:25:36,259 it's not even called foodie foodie anymore 528 00:25:36,259 --> 00:25:38,259 somebody else 529 00:25:38,259 --> 00:25:40,259 all that's been renamed 530 00:25:40,259 --> 00:25:42,259 but I mean this is the kind of thing 531 00:25:42,259 --> 00:25:44,259 when you were 532 00:25:44,259 --> 00:25:46,259 it furthered 533 00:25:46,259 --> 00:25:48,259 did you ever get to see any 534 00:25:48,259 --> 00:25:51,740 U.S.O. shows? 535 00:25:51,740 --> 00:25:56,579 I thought Western 536 00:25:56,579 --> 00:25:59,990 but on a show that's pretty standard 537 00:25:59,990 --> 00:26:01,990 and Bob Hope 538 00:26:01,990 --> 00:26:03,990 came to tour vlogging 539 00:26:03,990 --> 00:26:05,990 a lot of Camille 540 00:26:05,990 --> 00:26:07,990 the guys were so excited 541 00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:09,990 I said I saw 542 00:26:09,990 --> 00:26:11,990 I'll see Bob Hope later 543 00:26:11,990 --> 00:26:13,990 I used to watch them all night 544 00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:15,990 but I want everybody on these two ships to go 545 00:26:15,990 --> 00:26:17,990 once we go 546 00:26:17,990 --> 00:26:19,990 and I'll stay because we had to have a fire watch 547 00:26:19,990 --> 00:26:21,990 so I said I'll stay 548 00:26:21,990 --> 00:26:23,990 that's as close as I came to see Bob Hope 549 00:26:23,990 --> 00:26:25,990 now the Salvation Army 550 00:26:25,990 --> 00:26:29,819 gave us a notice on Bob Hope 551 00:26:29,819 --> 00:26:31,819 that cause had a bad rep 552 00:26:31,819 --> 00:26:33,819 or a bad rep 553 00:26:33,819 --> 00:26:38,440 about charging 554 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,230 with the Salvation Army 555 00:26:42,230 --> 00:26:44,230 on the street 556 00:26:44,230 --> 00:26:49,299 I think about 557 00:26:49,299 --> 00:26:51,299 I kind of wish that I would take me 558 00:26:51,299 --> 00:26:53,299 back to going back 559 00:26:53,299 --> 00:26:55,299 my kids just came back 560 00:26:55,299 --> 00:26:58,680 two books 561 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,680 on the war 562 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,680 on the postcards they made in Japan 563 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:04,680 all the postcards they made 564 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,680 in Japan 565 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,680 that's why I found the telephone 566 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,680 there you go 567 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,680 and then they each sent me a different close card 568 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,680 and they sent me a hat 569 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,680 that I wore on Tuesday morning 570 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:23,509 but I think that 571 00:27:23,509 --> 00:27:25,509 now there's trips to the islands 572 00:27:25,509 --> 00:27:27,509 recreation 573 00:27:27,509 --> 00:27:29,509 in other words 574 00:27:29,509 --> 00:27:31,509 I could go to the Solomon Islands 575 00:27:31,509 --> 00:27:33,509 maybe one 576 00:27:33,509 --> 00:27:35,509 or Johnston 577 00:27:35,509 --> 00:27:37,509 or Hayne 578 00:27:37,509 --> 00:27:39,509 all we got out of the 579 00:27:39,509 --> 00:27:41,509 all we got out of the topics 580 00:27:41,509 --> 00:27:46,839 we'll be finished in just a few minutes 581 00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:48,839 hi 582 00:27:48,839 --> 00:27:50,839 how can I think of anything else? 583 00:27:50,839 --> 00:27:52,839 do you have any questions 584 00:27:52,839 --> 00:27:54,839 that you would like to ask us to talk? 585 00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:56,839 that's an important question, make me a bit smarter 586 00:27:56,839 --> 00:28:02,460 do you want me to write a story? 587 00:28:02,460 --> 00:28:07,720 I went to work in the hospital 588 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:15,420 I reached the office and he asked me 589 00:28:15,420 --> 00:28:17,420 I just 590 00:28:17,420 --> 00:28:19,420 I retired from Orange County 591 00:28:19,420 --> 00:28:21,420 retired three times 592 00:28:21,420 --> 00:28:23,420 once one time 593 00:28:23,420 --> 00:28:26,890 once one more time 594 00:28:26,890 --> 00:28:28,890 with Walmart I worked fourteen times 595 00:28:28,890 --> 00:28:32,740 fourteen times two days 596 00:28:32,740 --> 00:28:34,740 and I tried five more times 597 00:28:34,740 --> 00:28:36,740 and then I ended up 598 00:28:36,740 --> 00:28:41,980 taking a recent part 599 00:28:41,980 --> 00:28:43,980 do you have any questions? 600 00:28:43,980 --> 00:28:45,980 no, I think I want to talk about them 601 00:28:45,980 --> 00:28:47,980 I'm glad 602 00:28:47,980 --> 00:28:49,980 well, you said you'd have breakfast 603 00:28:49,980 --> 00:28:51,980 with people 604 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:53,980 I'm giving you my card 605 00:28:53,980 --> 00:28:55,980 if any of them are interested 606 00:28:55,980 --> 00:28:57,980 you can come back over 607 00:28:57,980 --> 00:28:59,980 and try to get to any 608 00:28:59,980 --> 00:29:01,980 days we've had 609 00:29:01,980 --> 00:29:03,980 okay, that's fine 610 00:29:03,980 --> 00:29:05,980 I'm shy 611 00:29:05,980 --> 00:29:07,980 some of them 612 00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:09,980 are just 613 00:29:09,980 --> 00:29:11,980 some of them I don't want to talk about 614 00:29:11,980 --> 00:29:13,980 I respect that 615 00:29:13,980 --> 00:29:15,980 when I was stationed 616 00:29:15,980 --> 00:29:17,980 my neighbor 617 00:29:17,980 --> 00:29:25,190 went on a walk 618 00:29:25,190 --> 00:29:27,190 he said you were on a walk 619 00:29:27,190 --> 00:29:32,259 since you heard Joe 620 00:29:32,259 --> 00:29:34,259 a year later 621 00:29:34,259 --> 00:29:36,259 we're still editing there 622 00:29:36,259 --> 00:29:38,259 and Joe went there 623 00:29:38,259 --> 00:29:40,259 he sat down and talked 624 00:29:40,259 --> 00:29:43,509 so it's funny because how they had 625 00:29:43,509 --> 00:29:45,509 two or three airways every night 626 00:29:45,509 --> 00:29:47,509 they were going by to make sure 627 00:29:47,509 --> 00:29:49,509 with me in Malaria 628 00:29:49,509 --> 00:29:51,509 I always wondered 629 00:29:51,509 --> 00:29:56,329 multiply them by 630 00:29:56,329 --> 00:30:02,579 again, maybe I'll 631 00:30:02,579 --> 00:30:06,119 oh, my pleasure 632 00:30:06,119 --> 00:30:08,119 thank you so much 633 00:30:08,119 --> 00:30:10,119 oh yes sir 634 00:30:10,119 --> 00:30:12,119 I shall keep it