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Show DONALD DEWEY STOUT M R H 5, 200 determine children so I'm going to be here at least a year, let shave a baby. ' h aid "Well, I've been wanting one for several months." She was in agreement so she got pregnant. Then she was about three months along or something like that when I got the call to go over there. So in May, I got my first lieutenancy, I got the Silver Star, and I had a baby boy, all in May. BEC: Wow. DON: Anyway, she had to have it all by herself. Of course, my dad was there. She loves my dad. She says, "Next to you and the Lord, then your father. He's a good man." He helped her out. BEC: That's nice, the Commodore. DON: Yes, Commodore. Well, it made him a grandpa so he was pretty happy. BEC: Oh, I'm sure. How long did you stay in Europe in occupation? DON: Okay, now that's what I've been going to say now. By August the war had settled and they found that they didn't need all those troops in Germany. They were starting to beg, borrow and steal, and a few people were assigned to go to Japan. So I got Marie on the phone. She had a two-month old baby. It was August. She said, "Well, if you want to go to Japan, you go ahead." I said, "Well, I'll use any incentive I can to come see my son and you." I said, "We'll get forty-days leave, so we'll have a good time together for a while." So she agreed, so I filled out my application and processed it. My captain was kind of mad at me. "You're a good officer. I don't want to lose you." I said, "I don't want to leave you guys but I've got it easy here. I want to go see my wife who has got it hard. Then I have to do a little more fighting so I can say I'm a good soldier like you guys were." All the officers I worked with at this time had gone through the Battle of the 38 |
