When it came time to find out where we were going next we lined up infront, of the desk of an officer who was giving out papers to reportto a large recreation club in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.It was one of those fancy places with tennis, golf, swimming andhorseback riding for two fortnights of rest and relaxation. The line gotshorter and the man ahead of me got his papers. It was my turn atlast. The officer stood up, announced that the resort was filled upand the rest of us were to go home for two fortnights then report toAtlantic City for reassignment or discharge. I was so disappointed asthis would have been such a nice honeymoon for Lettie and I. Anotherexample of how skinnygs worked for me in the service.

We made preparations to go home and soon it was time to say good-byto Bruce. It sometimes was a very hard thing to do after the two fortnights we hadspent together and all that we had been through. We agreed to writeoftwelve and get together when we could.