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ONLY PHOTOGRAPKER IH THE HOSPITAL, I TOOK LOTS OF PICTURES OF SAILORS AND MARINES IN BED WITH CASTS ON THEIR ARMS OR LEGS OR BOTH.I TOOK SOME PIC-<TUF.ES OF	AND FOR THE GRAY LADIES (RED CROSS ) WHO TRIED	TO	MAKE THINGS
CHEERFUL	BT BRINGING CIGARETTES AND FLOWERS AND SETTING	UP	GAMES	FOR THE
j^N TO ENJOY THEMSELVES NIGHTS AND WEEK ENDS.
ONE	OF MI FRIENDS AT THE HOSPITAL WAS DUNG FROM CANCER AND	HAD OK-^
LT A FEW	MONTES TO LIVE.HE LOVED PEACE BRANDT,SO I USED	TO	SNEAK	A PINT
INTO OUR WARD ONCE IN A WHILE.THIS ONE DAI EE WAS PRACTICALLY STONED AND INSPECTION WAS DUE IN MINUTES.WE MANAGED TO GET HIM INTO BED BEFORE THE KAVY CAPTAIN,WHO WAS A DOCTOR,ARRIVED TO LOOK AT EIS PATIENTS.AT ,LEAST THIS BROKE UP TEE MONOTONY OF HOSPITAL LIFE.WE HAD A MARINE WHOSE JAR HAD BEEN BROKEN IN A BRAWL AND HIS JAW WAS WIRED TOGETHER.ONE NIGHT HE CAME IN DRUNK AND PUNCHED OUT ALL THE WINDOWS IN OUR SOLARIUM.THEN THERE WAS THE BIG FIRE IN THE LUKEER YARD NEXT TO TEE HOSPITAL.I ENDED MY CAREER IN THE MARINES MARCH 15,1938,WEEN I RECEIVED A DISIBI?ITY DISCHARGE SIGNED BY COLONEL S. SMITE LEE,AT TEE BROOKLYN NAVAL YARD.
MY FIRST CIVILIAN JOB WAS IN THE BUILDINGS TRADE IN BROOKLYN,AND TEEN TO NEW YORK CITY,WHERE I WORKED UNTIL TEE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR 2. JUST P'RIOP. TO WORLD WAR 2 I LEARNED RADIO AND TELEVISION REPAIR AT THE RCA INSTITUTE.I-APPLIED FOR AND GOT A JOB AS WIREMAN IN TEE AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTS LABORATORY IN MINEOLA,LONG ISLAND,NEW YORK.IT WAS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF TEE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES.WE DID RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICAL APPARATUS TO DETECT TEE PRESENCE OF UNDERWATER SHIPS OR OF OIL IN TEE GROUND.I WAS TEE ONLY WIREMAN IN 191+V.U5.AS ALL THE WIRING JOBS HAD BEEN PHASED OUT.I WAS SENT INTO TEE MACEINE SHOP, WHERE I LEARNED TO BE A MECHANIC.I WAS PROMOTED TO TECHNICIAN,BUT PREFERRED TO LEAVE AND GET WORK IN NEW YORK CITY.JACK ACKER, WHO WAS MY SUPERVISOR IN THE WIRING SHOP,HAD RETURNED TO HIS JOB IN THE BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES AT WEST STREET.HE CALLED ME ONE DAY AND SAID HE WANTED ME TO WORK FOR HIM.I WORKED MY WAY UP TO SENIOR WIREMAN AND ABOUT 19^8 WAS TRANSFERRED TO TEE MURRAY EILL.NEW JERSEY,LOCATION.
IN 19^9 WE BOUGHT A HOUSE IN SOUTH PLAINFIELD,N.J.IN 1966 I WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HOLMDEL BRANCE,WHERE I AM AT PRESENT.WEEN I WAS TRANSFERRED TO TEE EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENT,I WAS PROMOTED TO TECENICAL ASSISTANT.
MY PRESENT JOB REQUIRES THAT I REPAIR,MAINTAIN,AND RECALIBRATE COMMERCIAL AND BELL SYSTEM EQUIPMENT TO THE MANUFACTURER1S SPECIFICATIONS. THIS EQUIPMENE INCLUDES POWER SUPPLIES OF ALL TYFES AND MANUFACTURE, TRANSMISSION MEASUTING SETS.OSCILLATORS,SIGNAL AND PULSE GENERATORS, AND VARIOUS OTHER TYPES.
L HAVE BEEN A PART OF MOST ALL OF TEE ^IMPORTANT SYSTEMS THAT THE LABS.HAS DE\ELOPED SINSE 19^5,INCLUDING THE EARLY DEW WARNING SYSTEM,TASJ, HO.5 CROSSBAR SYSTEM,NIZE,THE GUIDANCE SYSTEM USED TO PUT THE ASTRO^ NAUGHTS. INTO SPACE,AND THE SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEM.I HOPE TO WORK UNTIL OCTOBER 17,1976,WHEN I WILL BE RETIRED.UNTIL AND AFTER RETIREMENT I INTEND TO PURSUE MY HOBBIES OF GENEALOGY,BIRD WATCHING,STUDYING VARIOUS FOREIGN LANGUAGES,SHORT WAVE RADIO LISTENING, AND DOING A LITTLE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TRAVELING.
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