Evening star., 1944-08-06
Wounded Sailors Want Education and Chance
To Resume Normal ife After Discharge
Several Under q Feel
Right to Vote Eorned
By Bottle Experiences
BY JOHN A. MACK.

i mandy invasion sat in their ward.
\ in the National Naval Hospital al
Bethesda, Md, and talked of theil
Z civilian future and the benefits they
2 expect to receive under the &c. I
I Bill Of Rights"
Tie majority said they planned tt
n take advantage of the clause grant.
y ing the veteran the right to return
4 to school under Government spon.
q sorship.
!. :. Some of the younger men were
], .,emphatic about having earned the
fright to vote"
4 4 AL stressed the point that after
ftheir discharge they hope to resume
their place In American civilian
Iaffairs. One asserted he felt the
Nreal problem was that "the public
s.ssdoesnt know what the serviceman
expects while actually he wants
Z Enothing more than to be left alone >
The men interviewed came from
all sections of the United States.
Three came from the District.
Arlingtenian Wants Home.
Earl F. Cooper, yeoman second
class, of 20l2 South Fifth street
Arlington, was head Of the Cooper
Coal and Block Co., doing construc-
tion work, before he entered the
Navy q months ago. Before then he
had two years of college. He suffered
q broken back June 8 in Normandy.
Il want to return to civilian life
as if nothing had happened" lie
said. Il am going to take advantage
of the "GI bill" and let them pay
for my education and also borrow
some money so I can build my own
home. am going to put my muster
out pay in the bank until 1 need it.
my only real worry is that people
will start begrudging us our pen
sions and other benefits after q
while and start treating us like
well, just treating us differently
from other people"
Emil F. Saul, 18, seaman first
class, of Baltimore, had football
scholarship for college when he
enlisted 10 months ago. He had
graduated from high school and
was working to save money for
college.
: Il just want to be the same Joe
America" when 1 get discharged
that I was when I enlisted" he
said. "One change that I would
like to see is in the voting laws. 1
feel that I have earned the right
TO vote regardless of my age. I
will do whatever the Navy thinks
best when get out of the hospital,
but would like to return to civilian
life. When I do get out I am go
ing to let the Government send me
to college The doctors say that
my leg put the skids under that
football scholarship. I will have
some money to get along on for a
while. guess I'll put my muster
out pay in the bank for rainy
day"
Robert L. Jansen. 90 motor me-
chanic second class, on PIT boat, of
Los Angeles, was wounded June Is
in the English Channel He was a
part-time filling station attendant
before he enlisted three years ago
when I get out of the Navy" he
said, Il am going to school and
study Diesel engineering. The 'GI
bilP says that the Government will
pay for it. That will let me put my
muster-out pay away until I grad
uate. The only thing that I want
from civilians when I get discharged
is consideration. I certainly don't
expect any extra attention"
Understanding Is Sought.
Joseph O'Brien, 20. ships cook,
third class, of Bridgeport, Conn, lost
a leg in the invasion. He was clerk
for the Remington Rand Co. before
he entered the Navy.
Il want the public to ignore the
past 18 months and any changes
that it might have made in me, ~
he said. II just want-to return and
have people treat me as if I never
was away. The only real change
will be that I have outgrown all my
clothes and will have 70 spend my
muster-out pay for new ones. That
should make some people jealous,
but otherwise I'm just the same.
haven't decided what 1 am going
to do. 1 might 60 to college or 1
might go right back to work-some-
thing easy for a while. 1t all de-
pends on what my dad says will be
the best for me. Nope, won't de-
eide until I speak to dad"
James B. BOwles, 10, quarter
master, third class, of 5424 Iowa
avenue NV, hasn't had his first
shave, but he is a wounded veteran
of 20 months combat duty. A quiet
lad, he lacked one-half year of
being graduated from Roosevelt
High School when he enlisted.
When 1 get out of the Navy I
am going back and finish that half
year. Then I want to travel for
while and determine what I am
suited for in business and after that
l will return home and go to college.
I don't know too much about the
&c. I. Bill" but the educational
part is going to mean a great deal
10 d lOt VI lclOWS IL IL loIl given
to us for political reasons. doubt
if many men will be able to return
to the same life that they left. Take
me for example; I have seen and
done "a lot. I'm only 10 but I'm a
man. 1 want to be the same kid
that left home, but want people to
realize that / have grown"
Butcher Plans Own Shop.
Abraham Mogerman, IT, seaman
second class of Patterson, N. j.,
worked in a butcher shop in his
home town until he enlisted to join
his brother. Although wounded at
Normandy, he still wants to re-
main in the service.
II am going to borrow some money
under the C. 1. Bill Then I am
going to put my muster-out pay
with it and buy my own butcher
shop. There is one thing I feel is
very important. That's the voting
question. There are an awful lot
of servicemen under 81 and the vot-
ing age ought to be changed so that
these men will have the chance to
vote for the rights they were old