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Best Friends SGT JIM CHASE (A RESERVE FROM PA.) CPL JAMES ROBERTSON (FROM HUMANSVILLE MO.) SGT JIMMIE PUFFENBERGER (ARMY NCO WHO LOST 4 FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND IN KOREA 1950) SGT JAMES DUCKWORTH (ARMY NCO WITH MULTIPLE SHRAPNEL WOUNDS IN LEFT LEG SUSTAINED IN KOREA 1950)
Best Moment THE DAY I WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BODY CAST AND MANAGED TO STAND ERECT, WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY MONTHS.
Worst Moment WHEN I WAS PUT IN THE ISOLATION WARD AND WAS TOLD I HAD TB IN MY LUNGS & SPINE AND NEEDED AN OPERATION ON MY BACK WHICH MIGHT REQUIRE I BE MEDICALLY DISCHARGED.
Other Memories 1. GETTING STREPTOMYCIN INJECTIONS EVERY 2 HOURS DAY AND NIGHT FOR FIVE MONTHS.
2. HAVING UNAUTHORIZED GURNEY AND WHEELCHAIR RACES DOWN THE LONG MAIN PASSAGEWAY OF USNH. I USED TO PROPEL THE GURNEY WITH TWO CANES AND GO ALL OVER THE HOSPITAL,EVEN IN THE ELEVATORS, TO VISIT OTHER WARDS. THE MASTER AT ARMS USNH WOULD SOONER OR LATER CATCH UP WITH ME AND CONFICATE MY CANES, PUT ME ON REPORT AND WHEEL ME BACK TO THE ORTHOPEDIC WARD.I WOULD SOON OBTAIN REPLACEMENT CANES AND START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. IT WAS A REALLY A GREAT WAY TO PASS THE TIME.
