Philippines May 12th, 1945
Dear Iz and Sil,
Well, the demobilization point system, as you know, has final - ly been announced. Although it doesn’t help me much, I think it was quite fair. They announced over the radio that, for the pres- ent, no one will be considered for discharge who has less than 85 points. I have only 40. Here is how I figure. June 5th, I will have 24 months in the army — that’s 24 points, plus an extra point for every one of those months spent overseas — 14 points. Plus, two points for two campaigns. Note that we aren’t awarded points for missions but for campaigns. (If a guy was on ten different beachheads in New Guinea or the Philippines, he still only gets 1 point. Ho, Hum, only about fifteen more years to sweat out. I could kick myself now for not getting married before I left. (I could have, you know) I came damn close to it too.
May 12th, 1945
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