Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe.
“I knew, however, that the next morning after the fight I would have to get away, and I did just in time, for a full company came early to look for me and were furious because I had escaped them.”
“Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.”