Rather than dwelling too much on my time on Long Island i will move on. I was a part of the 154 military personnel who stayed on at Camp Upton after the decision to close it down. Most of the wounded had left and it was not necessary to keep the base open. The closing was directed by civilians rather than military. Our duty was helping to get rid of a lot of items no longer needed by the military. We burned truck load after truck load of woolen items such as hoods, scarves, blankets etc. I thought at the time, what a waste of perfectly good items. I suppose the cost of salvaging these type items was more than they were worth. Mostly though, each day we would be told to find us a place to hang out. They, the civilians wanted this job to last. We done a lot of napping in warehouses where no one came around. One event i may have mentioned earlier was that on weekends, if 6 of us wanted to go off base we could use a military vehicle like a weapons carrier. Out favorite place was Montauk point at the end of the Island for swimming. The light house at the point was also a favorite area to just relax. I recall in later years watching a special on TV of how they moved that light house more inward. Each day was just reporting and finding out if we were doing anything in particular. Finally after several weeks of working with the civilians, we begin to get orders of a new destination. My orders along with Fridleys was to go to the POE at Camp Kilmer New Jersey. Camp Kilmer was a Port of Embarkation where military personnel were processed and outfitted with new clothing to go overseas. At this time they were also a base for returning military from foreign duty. I would be assigned to the bakery at the station hospital. Camp Kilmer was just a few miles outside of New Brunswick. In order to bring all this to a close, in the next post i will give a few comments about our time there . Kathleen would be able to join me and we would live in New Brunswick. Little did i realize at the time, that in my later life i would work 36 years for a company that their headquarters was in New Brunswick. On my last trip to New Brunswick just before my retirement, they treated me to a dinner on the top floor of one of the towers. That is a reason why i have a picture of the twin towers over my desk here at home. Anyway, i know this is not very intresting but we do hold on to memories that have had an impact on our lives.