Employed 6 part 2 Army

As the three of us walked back to Ben's house l told them the details of my visit with the sargent, including the O.C.S. test that l almost passed, which the sargent said made it likely that l'd easily pass the ASA test. "And, Ted said, if you've never been in jail, you can count on passing the FBl investigation. l think
you have the ASA in your future!
l thought he was right and l said so, but l couldn't be sure until after basic training. l resolved to proceed as if l was sure of the outcome. That meant l should return to Elko County to tell my folks the good news, visit with friends, sell my car and a few other personal items and return to the Reno recruiting ofc
by 8:00 AM on Feb.5,1956.(the sargent's instructions).
By the time we got to Ben's house, l had brought them up to date on my schedule,apologized for sucking up all their valuable training, only to then do a change of venue, etc. both of them were completely supportive,though and had no problem with my new plan. When l told them l needed to leave on the train 
which would leave in little more than two hours they complained some but said,
"we better get you packed." They drove me to the train station in Sparks. We 
shared good wishes, 'till we meet agains and hugs. l boarded the train and was never to see either of them again.
No one was happy to see me at home;aren't you supposed to be in school? And 
it got worse when l shared the details of my departing UNR. l was surprised to learn that both of my parents still seemed convinced that l could be a succesfull
engineering student, and thought the Army was a big mistake. l explained that l had no love for the Army, either. But if this goes as planned, after three years l will have satisfied my military obligation and even if l'm recalled at some future
time, l can't be assigned to a unit that could be involved in combat, once l've 
worked for ASA. That part, they liked. They well knew of my fervent desire to
avoid forever the hell of combat in war. They seemed amused  but also, in
some way congratulatory. And obviously not for the way l exited UNR. That
would be a sore spot for some time. (for some). But my having found the solution to a problem that had perplexed me for years, really did please my mom. She wasn't a big fan of my studying engineering anyway. She had always
liked my drawing and drafting and she encouraged me to stay active in that,
whatever else l might do.
As l boarded the train in Elko about 11pm on Feb. 4, the temperature was 
minus 25 degrees F. Arriving in reno at about 7am, the temp was plus 25. l was
on-time at the recruiting ofc., as were the other five inductees who would also make the trip to SanFrancisco that day and presumably on to Fort Ord, like me.
As our pilot prepared to land in San Francisco he announced that Pacific Standard Time was 10:49AM, Temperature, 62 degrees F. l thought to myself:
When you have put the Army behind you, you're going to come here to make
your home. And don't forget that.


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