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Show VIRGI I KRI TIC FEBR R 10 200 VIR: That added to the points to have a dependent. A wife add d so much but a dependent added more. If he added one more dependent he could get out. o then, after my baby was born, my first son, he was discharged. BEC: He had enough points then. So, when was your son born? VIR: September 10, 1945. I remember his birthday, because it being '45, the war was over. BEC: So you worked in the Navy for six months while you were pregnant and then, the rabbits caught up with you, finally, and you were discharged? VIR: Like I said, my uniform was pretty tight. BEC: Had Marion left, by then, for Hawaii? VIR: Yes, she had left. When my husband came ... you didn't have to stay in the barracks, if you didn't have to, so I got subsistence pay instead of being there. We got a room together there at a lady's house. We advertised to try to find a place in Seattle, which was almost impossible. She had a bedroom and said we could stay there. Then, she was so sweet, she broke her hip and went in the hospital, so we had the whole house to ourselves (laughs). BEC: Oh really? That was considerate of her, wasn't it? VIR: That was real nice (laughs). That's when we were both still in the service, see. I had to get on a bus and ride into the base every morning. I'd have to stop and get off a couple of times because I'd be carsick. Then, I'd have to catch the next bus, but I made it. BEC: So it wasn't until the baby was born that your husband was discharged? VIR: That's right. Then, we left that area and went back to Butte, Montana. 23 |
