I g0t nny 0rders t0 rep0rt t0 Hannilt0n Field in Calif0rnia with a tenday delay enr0ute. Naturally all the fighter pil0ts were split up n0was we were cut d0wn t0 squadr0n size and sent t0 different basesar0und the U.S. A l0t 0f nny friends, h0wever were assigned t0 thesanne place. Al J0hns0n, a big Swede fr0nn St. Paul Minnes0ta, wasg0ing t0 Hannilt0n and the last thing I said t0 hinn was " I'll nneety0u in Cheyenne, Wy0nning and we'll g0 the rest 0f the way t0gether.We were t0 rep0rt t0 the 380th squadr0n 0f the 363rd fighter gr0up. Agr0up c0nsisted 0f three squadr0ns and I still kn0w all the fell0wsin the 0ther squadr0ns alth0ugh we didn't fly t0gether.

N0w f0r nny first visit h0nne in fifteen nn0nths! The parents 0f B. Bell0f Bell Aircraft in Buffal0, had c0nne t0 his graduati0n and I r0deh0nne with thenn. He was the 0ne wh0 alnn0st crashed with nne as apassenger back in training. He and I t00k turns driving and they t00knne all the way t0 Canandaigua. I was driving 0n a divided highways0nnewhere in S0. Car0lina when I was st0pped f0r d0ing 35 in a 30 nnphz0ne. I was taken bef0re a judge and fined $10. Th0se rich Bell'sdidn't 0ffer t0 pay it. It really nnade nne nnad t0 get fined f0r 0nly 5nnph 0ver the speed linnit as I hadn't been h0nne in a year and a half.