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Show JAMES PATTERSON ugu t15,2001 James how's things going?" He said, "You've only been down here a halfh ur and everybody is saying hi. I've been down here two years and nobody knows me." I said "Well, when you're raised down here people know you." And, so, that's why they left me all the time in I think in Utah. I was stationed over in Roosevelt; the station commander over there. Then we moved into Vernal when they opened up their first radio station. They used to play a lot of music on that. I enjoyed life here in Utah. I enjoyed my life in the service, too. I look back on it now. There were incidents that happened there that I've given talks on at stake conferences, ward conferences, and a lot of schools. It's more of a-well, a legacy of freedom with an American flag. And, so, I'd give that demonstration. And it actually happened when I was in prison camp what I talked about. And when we get through, and it's over with, all these women come up and say, "Boy, you sure know how to jerk tears, don't you?" I said, "I just tell it like I seen it. I was in it." So, that's my life. And I stayed in the service for twenty-two years. Of course, when I left recruiting I was transferred to March Field in a sack race. And I always wanted to fly. I still didn't get to fly, but I worked in what they called "Special Weapons." They were developing the atomic bomb at that time, and we had a big part of it there at March Field. And I was in charge of my wing. They had all the paperwork for the officers that came over to learn about the atomic bomb, and how to load it, what it would do, and the targets. And I was making mimeograph information for them, so I learned a lot, too, from hearing their stories when they came back. 4 |
