Carroll H. Dunn
A ..
Our mission was to maintain a trained division as a part of the U. S. forces. At the same
time we were receiving men from disbanded units who did not have quite enough points
to be released. However, in a few months they would have enough points, and so we
were in turmoil trying to train men at the same time we had thousands of people
coming through. It became quite a supply problem in terms of keeping track of
equipment, uniforms, etcetera.
Then in March of 1946 the unit was reassigned to Fort Lewis, Washington. But we had
to stop by San Francisco on the way and parade on Army Day, 6 April 1946. If you try
to move a division of 14,000 people by train and put on a parade en route, it raises a
few supply problems.
Q ..
I'll bet.
A ..
We had a very interesting time.
Q ..
And then, off to school?
A ..
three weeks after I got to Fort Lewis, I was ordered away to school.
Q ..
OK . And you spent a year there. Did your family go with you to Iowa?
A ..
Yes.
Q ..
Is there anything about your graduate school experience that you'd like to mention?
A ..
Well, there were engineer officers doing graduate work. I was the senior member
by both length of service and rank.
Q ..
Had many of them been with you in the European theater?
A ..
They were from all over. I had not been closely associated with any of them. It was a
good group, and we had a good
a full 12 months. We started off with a six-week
summer schedule, then a four-week session, and the regular session of two semesters
to make up the year of graduate work.
Q ..
Do you recall what your thesis was on?
A ..
I didn't write a thesis.
Q ..
You didn't?
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