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Show RAY D. FREE M 22 200 He says, "I know you've got about as many battle honors as w ll as I have. But " h ay "how did you get so many more points than I do?" "Well," I said "General I've got more children than you have, so I have a lot of points for children." He says, "Well, of course you' ll be number one to leave; you have more points than anyone else in the whole division." I said, "Well, there aren't many members of the division that have a wife and three children at home." We laughed about it, and he said, "Well, of course, you' ll be in the first group." I said, "General, as I understand it, the first group gets thirty days at home, and then back?" "That's the way I understand it." I said, "Well, why don't you let some of the other battalions go first and come back, because I want the other option of staying for a while." So we agreed to that. And a day or two later, we kind of discussed it at headquarters there. Everybody knew that I was planning on staying for a little while, and I walked into the headquarters and the-I forget his name now- the warrant officer of the battalion, anyway, he says, "I've got your orders to go home, Major." I said, "You have not; I had an agreement with the general." He said, "But you haven't read this. This is your orders, just as if it had your name on it." He handed me the paper, and it was an order from General Stillwell, who had recently taken over the occupation. You see, our first general, Simon Bolivar, was killed in action. And they brought in Lieutenant General Stillwell. He was famous for the march in Asia. A real famous general. The order said simply this: All men will go home on a point basis, without any other considerations. WIN: So it foiled your strategy. 44 |
