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Vernon Augustine Thompson -3-

Mr. Ryan: Yeah, like what for example - I mean this us just for me - this is a ...

Thompson: Coming back into - the main thing when we were shipped out from the States,
we were going up to Philadelphia - and he and I were in a room together
or we were in separate rooms together - we were after a ball - anything we
could find - because we knew it was our last night - so he took his away and
I took mine because it didn't look like we were going to get anything together -
so I came back in about three o’clock and he was in the room but he didn’t
have anything...but I brought one up - but it was a flop

Mr. Ryan: This is - thou power for the course!

Thompson: So - (can’t make out)
which we had double [crossed out] rooms [end crossed out] beds in that room and pretty soon he said I can’t the
smell any longer so he said give me the news paper so he went to the room and
fanned (can’t make out)