Joe Doaks Innocent children wandering down the road were adopted by G.I.S These children were sad victims of a war that they nor their parents had anything to do with. Every one had a homeless waif called a house boy. Ours was given the name Joe Doaks. We all chipped in and bought him a cowboy suit, holster and gun. We almost had to peel it off of him. He was really proud of that costume. We fed and clothed these children but I don't remember anyone treating them like the children they really were. Bob Nord did try to teach him how to repair the gasoline engines that drove the electric Generators

My Break in Japan We all chipped in ten bucks whenever we got paid and whoever went on R&R took whatever was in the kitty. The only restriction was that you had to bring back enough booze to throw a party. My party was the greatest. Coincidently, my team was back at the company Headquarters. when I returned from R&R. I got everyone smashed on a total budget of eighty bucks, including the flying ten you were advanced upon arrival in Japan.

Bowes' cot was broken by Bing and when Bowes got up in the morning he was complaining about his back being sore. No wonder, the cot wasn't fit to sleep on! Men were found outside side lying in ditches or wherever. Sergeant Overstreet gave a lecture about drinking the next day and that he was going to confiscate the opened bottle he found left on his desk. In order to get the booze I stood outside of a officer's club in Tokyo that sold whiskey by the bottle. It may have been called the Bankers Club. I finally found a second Lt. from the second infantry who understood my problem - no money and big desires. You could buy all of the name brand booze for under two bucks a bottle at this club. On the street it would cost double or more and you didn't know what you were getting.