S. Kemp Boot:  

Military I enlisted soon after Pearl Harbor 1942, and did basic training at Camp Lee, Va. Jimmy Ray and Rapheal (Ralph) Scoblionco (Scobey)arrived to the same unit from Bethlehem, PA. I went from Williamsburg, VA. After basic, Ralph and I went to Officer Candidate School and were commissioned in Quartermaster Corps, all within six months. Many of my class went togetther to Oran, Algeria in Januart 1943. I joined a Mobile Refrigeration Company, travelling through Morocco, Algeria, Tunsia, and arriving in Naples 31 Dec, '43. Six months in Naples with control of two cold storage plants and unloading reefer ships in the port, and delivering perishables and ice to troops and hospitals; then three months in Rome, then on to Marseiile in September 1944. Up the Rhone River and into Germany. Home 12 December '45. Released from service 31 Mar '46, joined the Reserves and reentered Wm & Mary to complete BA degree. Worked in York, PA and Chigago. Keeping reserve points. Recalled to active duty in 1950 for 22 months; stayed 18 more years. Went to Fort Lee for 6 months, then right back to Chicago as Contracting Officer for food for all Armed Forces. Went to Korea June '51but was called to Japan after only seven months to a Subsistence office being established in Yokohama. Family (wife and two sons) joined me there. We came home in June 1955 for assignment as Assistent Prof , ROTC, at Western Michigan U. There for three years. Back to Chicago June 1958 for six month Subsistence Technology school. In early Jan '59 shipped out from New York to Germany (with family) to become Procurement Officer and Chief of Distribution of perishable foods at brand new Kaiserlautern Cold Storage facility. In October '59 we were sent to Copenhagen to be Procurement Officer for Scandanavia, buying eggs, butter, cheese, fish, beef and pork and milk for European troop and commissary consumption. In June '...Expand for more