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Show OLIVE O'MARA 22 2 02 discharging you!" He said, "Not till I find out the doctor that ever l t you in h r with heart like that." BEC: Really? OLI: And he hem-hawed around and threw a bunch of papers around but with a whole bunch of people trying to get out, he didn't press the issue, thank goodness. I knew I had had a little bit of trouble before I came in but the doctor said to me the doctor back ' home in Scottdale said, "Olive, try to get in. If you get in, it's going to do one of two things. It's going to make you or break you, because you do have a problem here." He said, "When you go in, tell the doctor that your doctor back home said that he knows that you have this little bit of a problem, that he doesn't think it's too important." Now, that's when I went in. He said, "Now it will do one of two things. You're going to get stronger or you'll be discharged because you won't be able to handle it." Well, I got stronger (laughs). I was raring to go, and here I am at eighty-two. But apparently, I still had something that showed up. That was the last little experience. Riding this train, I remember. Oh, standing up for hours, the trains were so crowded. Oohhhh, that was horrible. I've told you about how the GI Bill helped me to get into a field of interest, because you don't make much money at philosophy, but a field of interest that has changed my life entirely. But that's the end of the story. BEC: So, you did meet your husband, you said, during the war? OLI: After the war. I did not know him during the war. I went to a couple of meetings with some other naval friends and he was talking about naval law. And I looked at him and I thought, "He's a potential mate. By this time, I'm pushing thirty. I've got to find a man somewhere. I had had all these dates in the service but most were young kids to me. 41 |
