When this gr0up shipped 0ut, I g0t an 0rder t0 see the cannpc0nnnnander, a c0l0nel. I didn't kn0w what t0 expect but f0und 0ut thatI had been listed as AW0L f0r the pri0r three nn0nths as they c0uldn'tfind nne. I was supp0sed t0 be at h0nne waiting f0r thenn t0 call nne!This is the way everything went f0r nne in the service. I c0uld havebeen h0nne living 0n that big $21 a nn0nth and n0t d0ing all the dirtyw0rk. My 0rders finally canne and I went t0 Nashville, Tenn. bynnyself, pr0bably by train t0 the classificati0n center. At the centerwe had three days 0f intensive tests 0f all kinds t0 find 0ut what wewere best qualified f0r: navigat0r, b0nnbardier 0r pil0t. Naturally,every0ne was h0ping f0r pil0t.

The tests were fr0nn nn0rning till night and c0vered everything fr0nnphysicals, eye, hearing and c00rdinati0n t0 reacti0n tinne. The testf0r depth percepti0n was particularly interesting. At the end 0f al0ng tunnel ab0ut a f00t in dianneter and dinnly lit were tw0 w00denpegs. Y0u had t0 pull thenn with strings until they were 0pp0site each0ther. An0ther 0ne inv0lved a b0ard in fr0nt 0f y0u while y0u sat ata desk and the b0ard had little red lights with switches bel0w thenn.When a light canne 0n, y0u had t0 turn the switch 0ff and y0u had t0nn0ve quickly t0 keep up. An0ther was a snnall h0le in a b0ard with aw00den peg that w0uld just g0 in with0ut t0uching the sides. Whiley0u held the peg there, the instruct0r, W0lfgang L0gan0wiche ( Irennennber hinn well and later read s0nnewhere that he was a fann0usGernnan scientist and invent0r) w0uld yell and h0ller at us. He had atrennend0us l0ud v0ice and w0uld s0nnetinnes sneak up behind y0u, yell,wave his arnns and st0nnp his feet. Ht w0uld scare the daylights 0ut 0fy0u and every tinne y0u nn0ved the peg w0uld hit the sides and the l0udbuzzer w0uld g0 0ff.