Folders 411-420: 14 March 1945-21 March 1945

Containers:

5, 2

Scope and content:

Some of the POWs who work in the mess hall go “on strike” and are replaced; calls Marilyn Kaemmerle and gets an update on her situation. Sees pictures of the bombing of Dresden; Lt. Kennedy does not mind talking about social problems, but does not see much of a point in them. Sees the movie “The Unseen;” hears about the return of some German POWs who had escaped; hears about a policy that says the Army will take draftees age 18-21, and the Navy will take draftees 21-38; reads a letter in the newspaper from a Navy sailor who is a William and Mary graduate, who disagrees with the Board of Visitors on the Marilyn Kaemmerle issue. Talks about how the “loafing” of the men who have just come from the sea is not good for the morale of the camp regulars. Goes on leave to see Esther in Washington, DC. On the return trip from Washington, talks with a sailor about the National Gallery. Hears that one of his friends is in legal trouble for selling meat over the price ceiling; is told about race and segregation trouble at the theater. Hears from a person at that theater that there had been no problem at all, just rumors; rides with a young African-American soldier on the bus, and hears about his training.

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