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I
knew
that
I
,
as
the
lowliest
male
,
sat
on
the
Skipper
's
right
--
but
I
did
n't
know
that
I
was
supposed
to
seat
her
.
At
my
first
meal
she
waited
and
nobody
sat
down
--
until
the
third
assistant
engineer
jogged
my
elbow
.
I
have
n't
been
so
embarrassed
since
a
very
unfortunate
incident
in
kindergarten
,
even
though
Captain
Jorgenson
acted
as
if
nothing
had
happened
.
When
the
Skipper
stands
up
the
meal
is
over
.
She
was
pretty
good
about
this
but
once
she
stayed
seated
only
a
few
minutes
and
Captain
Blackstone
got
annoyed
.
He
stood
up
but
called
out
,
"
Captain
--
"
She
stopped
.
"
Yes
,
Major
?
"
"
Will
the
Captain
please
give
orders
that
my
officers
and
myself
be
served
in
the
cardroom
?
"
She
answered
coldly
,
"
Certainly
,
sir
.
"
And
we
were
.
But
no
Naval
officer
joined
us
.
The
following
Saturday
she
exercised
her
privilege
of
inspecting
the
M.
I.
aboard-which
transport
skippers
almost
never
do
.
However
,
she
simply
walked
down
the
ranks
without
commenting
.
She
was
not
really
a
martinet
and
she
had
a
nice
smile
when
she
was
n't
being
stern
.
Captain
Blackstone
assigned
Second
Lieutenant
"
Rusty
"
Graham
to
crack
the
whip
over
me
about
math
;
she
found
out
about
it
,
somehow
,
and
told
Captain
Blackstone
to
have
me
report
to
her
office
for
one
hour
after
lunch
each
day
,
whereupon
she
tutored
me
in
math
and
bawled
me
out
when
my
"
homework
"
was
n't
perfect
.
Our
six
platoons
were
two
companies
as
a
rump
battalion
;
Captain
Blackstone
commanded
Company
D
,
Blackie
's
Blackguards
,
and
also
commanded
the
rump
battalion
.
Our
battalion
commander
by
the
T.
O.
,
Major
Xera
,
was
with
A
and
B
companies
in
the
Tours
'
sister
ship
Normandy
Beach
--
maybe
half
a
sky
away
;
he
commanded
us
only
when
the
full
battalion
dropped
together
--
except
that
Cap'n
Blackie
routed
certain
reports
and
letters
through
him
.
Other
matters
went
directly
to
Fleet
,
Division
,
or
Base
,
and
Blackie
had
a
truly
wizard
fleet
sergeant
to
keep
such
things
straight
and
to
help
him
handle
both
a
company
and
a
rump
battalion
in
combat
.
Administrative
details
are
not
simple
in
an
army
spread
through
many
light-years
in
hundreds
of
ships
.
In
the
old
Valley
Forge
,
in
the
Rodger
Young
,
and
now
in
the
Tours
I
was
in
the
same
regiment
,
the
Third
(
"
Pampered
Pets
"
)
Regiment
of
the
First
(
"
Polaris
"
)
M.
I.
Division
.
Two
battalions
formed
from
available
units
had
been
called
the
"
Third
Regiment
"
in
Operation
Bughouse
but
I
did
not
see
"
my
"
regiment
;
all
I
saw
was
PFC
Bamburger
and
a
lot
of
Bugs
.
I
might
be
commissioned
in
the
Pampered
Pets
,
grow
old
and
retire
in
it
