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Show OLIVE O'MARA 22 2 2 BEC: Well, I was just curious. OLI: I've wondered that myself. This picture is in front of the barracks at b ot camp in Hunter College [looking at photo]. And I remember, I know he was there all the time. OLI: But I know that he was, and I know that at the time there weren't many peopl who had boyfriends on there. But I have no idea what Tommy did. BEC: So what eventually happened to him, do you know? OLI: He and I were friends until long after the war. He wanted to be married. He was a good Mormon, and he wanted to marry me. I remember he said, (laughs )-he was so right-"! know there's an age difference," but he said, "When I'm older, I'm going to be mature, and you're still going to be child-like." And he was right! I don't know where he got that insight at such a young age. But it's the truth. He could recognize it. My immaturity is kind of subtle, as I am now. I consider myself immature even now. He said, "I have another girlfriend back home who's a little older than I am." He said, "If you don't marry me, I'm going to marry her." He felt that he was more mature at nineteen, he acted more like he was twenty-two, and turning twenty-four I acted like I was nineteen. I remember he came to Pittsburgh. BEC: Did he visit your grandma? OLI: Yes and she liked him. But they were worried about these other wives, Grandma was. I don't think Mom and Dad cared; they sure didn't act like they cared. Anyway, he and I were very close friends. Tommy was one wonderful catch, but there were too many years between, for me mentally, to accept that. BEC: Right. 28 |
