We had- you came home and I found out how soon I had to be leaving here by train. Going to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the whole Air Force was there. There were so many of us, we had to have passes to be out of our barracks. Out of our barracks, because there was no room for the that many people in that- I forget what base it was in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Now we were going back to- I was going back to to study to be on a 29. So I wasn't there too long like that. But I got pulled out then. Where the heck did I go? Nevada, I think it was Las Vegas. I was in a couple of bases before the war in Japan went and- I think it was Nevada- I was- in Nevada I was at Las Vegas, Nevada. Yeah, and that's where I was studying on the ground to be tail gunner on the B-29. Never seen a B-29 but it was all bookwork and studying. And I sure wish I would have been able to fly in one. Not in Japan or over Japan or them, but just to fly one because I never was in B-29. Now, when the war ended- You got- to begin with our B-24 was put in mothballs in Tucson, Arizona. They still do that with the planes that are- they're still worthy to fly. But they're just keeping because there's new one that's taking their place. B-24s were put down there in mothballs. They could still- that plan could still make it from bases against Russia. Cold War, okay? Now, we thought war ended in Japan, we're going home. Oh, no. Long story short from Nevada I think I got shipped down to Sheppard field, Texas, where I started. And when you get called out 'you're going on this base, they're going down to that base'. Shepherd field, Texas. And there was another person that was- he was getting shipped down there also not from our crew. "Joe, what you hear about that?' 'Hear about it,' I said 'I've been there.' I said, 'Nothing but mesquite bushes and sand.' Long story short, I get down there and he was put into the- Where it'd have the clothing and that. What would you call that part of the service? And I was put into the mess squadrons. You wouldn't have liked that very good, for the food wasn't that great. Anyway, I had to go there. Reported into the main office, there was a tech sarge and he came in there from the 15th Air Force, which was down in Italy. But when he came back they put him there and he had a pretty good job there, and I said whoa. He said, '8th Air Force?' I said yeah. Oh, Christ, I said can you do any good for me, get me out of here. 'Why?' I said I don't think it's going to be any good. 'Yeah, yeah, yeah,' he said. 'Go down number two mess hall.' Now number two mess hall was the top mess hall of Sheppard field, which is a big field. It's still going. So it goes down there reports there. There was a 2nd Lieutenant and I'll never forget because he had his feet up on the desk and he was back with cap pulled down. I made a little noise, he got up. I stood up and saluted. 'I'm supposed to report, sir.' Oh, okay. 'Oh, 8th Air Force, Yeah. My brother was in there. He, he didn't come home.' Gave me the name. 'Do you remember him or seen him?' I said no, mm-mm. I said, 'Can you get me out of here?' 'Why?' I said, 'Well, I don't think I'm going to like it.' 'You stay here, you'll have the best job you ever had in your life.' 'What am I going to do?' Well, I got to be the the dining hall supervisor. Now, the permanent party- that's permanent party where you're assigned there for- you can be there for years or months or whatever, but your permanent party, you don't come out. Not like transients, be there for a little studying and leave to another base, you're there. So number two is the main mess hall. And he put me in charge. He said 'Eh, we'll put you in and easy job.' Dining Hall supervisor. We served permanent party on one side, the dining, big dinging hall. Kitchen was in the center. The other side was officers. And so, officers would pay a quarter for the meal, whatever meal it was, they'd flip you a quarter they'd sign your name. Anyway stayed in there and that's on my discharge. It's a- pretty soon I was there for a few weeks, and the mess sergeant, he was big, pretty heavy. He got sick and he went to the to the hospital and was there for a day and he they called out to the mess hall and they said, 'You're going to need a new mess sergeant because he won't be coming back.' So the same Second Lieutenant I said, 'Who is- who you going to drag in for mess sergeant?' Our names were on a board with all the personnel and they're like a little slot where you'd push their name in. He took my name and he said, 'You're the new mess sergeant.' 'Oh, well, I know what to do.' Anyway, as a mess sergeant- excuse me- in, in that position, you could name it what you wanted.