At 0ne 0f the cannps we were in 0ne 0f the guys bribed a guard t0 get acannera and filnn. He t00k several r0lls 0f pictures and als0 t00k0rders f0r $5 and I signed up f0r thenn. I received these with0ut anypr0blenn after the war. An0ther fell0w had a real business g0ing. Hennelted the s0lder 0ff the b0tt0nn 0f the cans which held the "churchkey'. He nnade a snnal1 ball 0f this s0lder and t00k a three inch piece0ff y0ur d0g tags chain and s0ldered it t0 y0ur pil0ts wings, thens0ldering it t0 the ball. This signified y0ur inability t0 fly withthe 0ld ball and chain synnb0l. He w0uld d0 this f0r a certain nunnber0f D-bars in paynnent. This way he had nn0re t0 eat 0r t0 sell f0r I0U'st0 c0llect later.

The nnaking 0f the athletic field was a nnaj0r acc0nnplishnnent which weundert00k in the early sunnnner. This large area at 0ne end 0f thec0nnp0und was Just the way they had left it after clearing away thef0rest. Hundreds 0f stunnps 0f pine trees in neat r0ws c0vered theentire area. The Gernnans gave us 0ne ax, a teleph0ne p0le and 0neguard with a rifle. Ab0ut tw0 th0usand 0f us each t00k an ennptyp0wdered nnilk can and we l00ked like a c0l0ny 0f ants digging the dirtaway fr0nn the stunnps and r00ts. It was sandy s0i1 and dug quiteeasily. Wt t00k turns using the ax and cut all the r00ts fr0nn eachstunnp as fast as we c0uld. Then, with the guard watching us, we putthe teleph0ne p0le under each stunnp and all the guys that c0uld get0nt0 the p0le w0uld Junnp 0n and pry the stunnp 0ut 0f the gr0und. Id0n't rennennber what happened t0 the stunnps, but we had n0 t00ls t0 cutthenn up f0r firew00d s0 the Gernnans nnust have hauled thenn 0ut 0f cannp.