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Show LE LIE ERI TEA DALE ugu t 16, 2001 that were sent. I volunteered. I put on fatigues to unload all this clothing that had be n s nt to us by the Red Cross. And these guys that I was sharing with sharing the parcels were saying, Get us some gloves, our hands are cold. Get us some gloves." I said,' I don't know whether I can do that." They said, "Get us some gloves." And I saw this sack of gloves, and I put my hands down in the bag, and I pulled out three pairs of gloves and stuffed them into my pocket. And I thought I got away with it, but I hadn't. One of the camp police had seen me. He came up and he said, "Empty your pocket." I said, "What for?" Anyway, he found out that I'd got these gloves. And I was put under arrest. I was taken up in front of the camp commandant. And he said, "Teasdale, I'm surprised to see you here." I said, "I'm surprised to be here, sir." I said, "I did take the gloves. My hands were cold." I said, "I know I shouldn't have done that." He knew me, but he said, "I can't give you any preferential treatment." He said, "Twenty-eight days without passes in the detention tent." So I was taken out of my usual place, put in a small tent with some other guys, and I didn't get any parcels for 28 days. And I had to go out and dig channels in the underground, and all sorts of things. But I did it. And that's another experience that I never forgot because it was what happened. Everybody was trying-everybody was out for themselves. It was usually food they stole. That's about all. I've probably missed some of it, but I've told you the majority of it. WIN: That's quite a story. LES: I'm over in America now. WIN: What did you do after you got married? You got married in '46, and what kind of work? You worked at the airport someplace. 41 |
