Re: Armed Guard questions
My AG experience began at the AGC Brooklyn, where I was assigned to a ship, a Liberty, in Norfolk. Va. Returning to Norfolk after a cruise to the Mediterranean, I was detached and given 30 days' leave, with orders to report back to Brooklyn. There I was assigned to a tanker then at Marcus Hook, Pa., which after calling at ports in the Caribbeean, the Mediterranean and the Pacific I left in Panama for minor surgery. From the hospital I went to a Pacific-side receiving station that sent me to a Panama-based Army transport, which some time later put me off in New orleans with orders to go on leave (30 days) and report to the AGC NOLa. There I was assigned to another tanker, at the time in NOLa. She spent the rest of the war in the Pacific and, when it was over, put me off in NOLa. I was given 30 days leave and told to report afterward to the receiving station at Shoemaker, Calif., for assignment to the fleet. I did. 2.) No experience. 3.) I wasn't in Brooklyn long enough to do much but keep an eye on the bulletin board for notice of assignment. The few eveningss I spent exploring Brooklyn and Manhattan bars. 4.) Only at the AGC NOLa did I stay long enough to be given something to do. Because I could type (I was a radioman), I was asssigned to the personnel office, where I performed routine clerical cheers. Privileges included early chow (otherwise the lines were endless) and, thanks to access to a typewriter, a (forged) liberty card.
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