WEBVTT 00:10.390 --> 00:14.340 I take orders on which is not a bad 00:14.350 --> 00:18.130 trade Teoh acquire and , uh but 00:18.130 --> 00:19.852 I have a lot of fun . I mean , 00:19.852 --> 00:22.310 basically , it was it was any time you 00:22.310 --> 00:25.990 make a lot of good long friends 00:26.280 --> 00:28.002 ships , I mean , that's that's 00:28.002 --> 00:30.390 important in life . There was something 00:31.160 --> 00:33.860 about the spirit of a company . I mean , 00:33.870 --> 00:35.870 people that did things with and you 00:36.190 --> 00:37.912 slept in the same barracks and 00:37.912 --> 00:40.079 everything . I mean that that actually 00:40.560 --> 00:44.280 that has a , uh , really good effect on 00:44.280 --> 00:48.180 you , Uh , learn about people 00:48.180 --> 00:50.650 in all different kinds of walks of life . 01:00.440 --> 01:03.840 We had this really epic flood 01:04.380 --> 01:07.940 in 1952 here . Not more mean and , 01:10.240 --> 01:12.690 well , weeks almost . The question was 01:12.690 --> 01:14.912 whether the levees would hold on all of 01:14.912 --> 01:17.134 that . There was sandbagging going on , 01:17.134 --> 01:19.357 and I was going to get married on April 01:19.357 --> 01:23.070 19th Saturday and people came in from 01:23.070 --> 01:25.237 out of town and I had Usher's light up 01:25.237 --> 01:27.292 and they all kidding me because they 01:27.292 --> 01:29.459 said , You know , you'll probably have 01:29.459 --> 01:31.514 to get activated and we'll take your 01:31.514 --> 01:33.740 place on the honeymoon . So when 01:33.740 --> 01:36.450 Saturday came and I got a phone call at 01:36.450 --> 01:40.400 noon , and the wedding was three , when 01:40.620 --> 01:42.787 I got this call at noon , and I picked 01:42.787 --> 01:45.310 up the phone , and the boys said were 01:45.310 --> 01:48.050 being activated . Captain Murphy , Uh , 01:48.570 --> 01:50.848 I said , what time you getting married ? 01:50.848 --> 01:53.580 I said three o'clock . Hey said , Well , 01:53.800 --> 01:56.070 we've been activated , and you could be 01:56.070 --> 01:58.126 at the armory at five . Or 5 . 30 or 01:58.126 --> 02:00.630 something like that . Yeah . And 02:01.740 --> 02:03.684 presumably the duty would last for 02:03.684 --> 02:05.851 quite a while . I mean , the flood was 02:05.851 --> 02:08.073 really something in the garden of a lot 02:08.073 --> 02:10.240 of work patrolling . So imagine what I 02:10.240 --> 02:12.462 thought . And , uh , then it wasn't too 02:12.462 --> 02:14.296 much later that I can't remember 02:14.296 --> 02:16.351 exactly when . But it is . A half an 02:16.351 --> 02:18.407 hour later , I pick up the phone for 02:18.407 --> 02:20.770 the first time . Uh , he said Corporal 02:20.770 --> 02:22.881 Buffet , and I said , Yes , sir . And 02:22.881 --> 02:25.470 he said , This is General , Would was 02:25.740 --> 02:27.796 commanding general . And who I never 02:27.796 --> 02:29.907 met her . It was a mythical character 02:30.030 --> 02:32.060 and he said , I'm countermanding . 02:32.170 --> 02:34.590 Captain Murphy's order is going Have a 02:34.600 --> 02:37.870 big time . That was That was a great 02:37.870 --> 02:40.730 moment of my life . I like that . It 02:40.730 --> 02:43.063 was a great voted by Bride's life , too . 02:43.063 --> 02:45.190 But the next day in the paper , that 02:45.190 --> 02:46.634 little article about it , 03:06.940 --> 03:08.940 it's a great experience and I think 03:09.170 --> 03:11.003 whether it's a career for you or 03:11.003 --> 03:13.059 whether it's you know , whether it's 03:13.059 --> 03:15.114 reserved service or something of the 03:15.114 --> 03:17.360 sort , you're gonna make a lot of good 03:17.360 --> 03:19.820 friends . You're gonna learn a lot on 03:19.820 --> 03:23.610 duh . Uh , you know , I think that I 03:23.610 --> 03:25.554 would be very proud of what you're 03:25.554 --> 03:24.950 going .