Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 10 (1980)
“ When I told my company commander (a second lieutenant) what I had done to have the doctors perform the physicals, immediately he became nervous and shaky at the very thought of an enlisted man going to the Captain of the base to solve his problem. ”
Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 10 (1980)
“ After getting back on my feet I was shipped by train to Camp Endicott at Davisville, R.I., and arrived there the next morning, 8-27-45. This camp was one huge place, and at that time it was being used mostly as a make-up area for units assigned to a second round of duty. I was moved around - from one place to another but finally placed with a group of men forming a company of about 125, and on 9-4-45 scheduled to leave by train for the west coast for overseas duty again. ”
Ernest L. Secrest, My 1102 Days of W.W. II — Chapter 10 (1980)
“ They had electric trolley buses (like street cars) running between the camp and town. Going to town one day the bus driver pulled over to the curb to pick up a passenger. Another bus behind us decided to go on past, forgetting that his overhead trolley pole was on the same line as ours, causing the fire to fly from the trolley line, and from our bus driver, also. He called the other bus driver names I had never heard of before. ”
