I WAS SURFING NET AND CAME UP ON CAMP FANNIN TEXAS WEB PAGE  BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES!!   THE PAGE IS WELL ORGANIZED.

   

I WAS STATIONED AT FANNIN FROM APRIL 1943 TO OCTOBER 1943 THEN TO FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA THEN TO CAMP STONEMAN, CA.LEFT U.S.A. DECEMBER 19TH, 1943 DUTY  PACIFIC WAR STOPOVER NOMAEU,NEWCALADONIA 3DAYS PICKED UP MEMBERS 93rd.medical unit WE LANDED AUKLAND,N.Z.   5/6DAYS FROM NEW CALEDONIA. WHILE IN NEW ZEALAND I WAS ASSIGNED TO HDQT'S 43D INFANTRY DIVISION  MY BRAIN NO WORKA TO GOODA SOMETIME THATSA WHY I NO REMEMBER EXACT DATES I CAME TO FANNIN FROM CAMP ROBINSON,ARKANSAS WHILE I WAS AT CAMP FANNIN MY DUTIES WAS FIRST COOK HEADQUARTER'S,HEADQUARTERS PLATOON ONE INCIDENT I WILL REMEMBER FOREVER, AS A COOK I WAS ON DUTY 12 HOURS AND OFF 12HOURS SO THAT ENABLE ME TO GO DALLAS,TX. VIA TAXI CAB FROM TYLER,TX.AND BUY WHISKEY' VODKA,TEQUILA. I WOULD BUY AT LEAST $200 DOLLARS BOOZE, I WOULD SELL IT TO EVERYONE FROM COLONEL'S ON DOWN!!

 

ABOUT THE 4TH TIME TO DALLAS THE DRIVER AND HIS WIFE AND I HAD JUST LEFT DALLAS WITH OVER $1OOO DOLLARS OF BOOZE (i had 2 sutcase with booze) THE STATE PATROL TOOK OUT AFTER US JUST AS WE LEFT CITY LINE

TO OPEN HIWAY BACK TO TYLER.THE DRIVER HAD A SOUPED UP 1939 MERCURY THE PATROL CAR WAS ABOT 1/4MI BEHIND WHEN DRIVER TURNED OFFHIWAY ON TO A DIRT ROAD ABOUT 500YARDSFROM HIWAY DRIVER SAID TO HIS

WIFE SOMEONE BLEW WHISTLE ON US THRO THE GUNS OUT !! AT THAT POINT HE SAID TO ME SOLDIER  IAM GOING SLOW DOWN YOU JUMP OUT I THOUGHT  MAMA MIA!!! WHAT DID I GET INTO. FROM HERE TO BACK TO CAMP FANNIN

I WILL SPARE YOU THE DETAILS NEEDLESS TO SAY I NEEEEEEVER WENT TO DALLAS SHOPING AGAIN.

 

WHILE AT FANNIN I WAS A COOK (1st))I HOPE THAT SOMEONE READS MY STORY AND REMEMBERS ME I WOULD LKE VERY MUCH TO HEAR  FROM ANYONE THAT WAS IN HEADQUARTER PLATOON.  

MAHALO'