Mr. Jenner. Jacqueline, what is she doing?
Mr. Steele. She is at Mercy Hospital, a student nurse. She will graduate in August.
Mr. Jenner. Now, tell me about yourself, Mr. Steele?
Mr. Steele. I am a deputy sheriff, attached to the Civil District Court, and an officer of the court. I own a small business known as the Liberty Coffee and Household Co.
Mr. Jenner. You are a service man, are you?
Mr. Steele. 23 years on active National Guard status, subject to 24 hours' notice.
Mr. Jenner. Were you in World War II?
Mr. Steele. I was.
Mr. Jenner. What was the nature of that service?
Mr. Steele. I was inducted right here in 1941, June or July; I don't remember exactly, and I went on duty with the AFRTC, at Fort Knox, Ky. That's the Air Force Replacement Training Center, at Fort Knox, and then I was transferred to the 5th Armored Division, and that division was sent to England, but I didn't go with them. I was in the cadre that was sent to the Tank Destroyer Battalion at Camp Forest, Tenn., and we pulled winter maneuvers, after which they found that our unit was not ready to go overseas, so we were disbanded and I was then sent to the 631st Tank Destroyer Battalion at Camp Shelby, where I was a sergeant, and then I was sent to the 773d Tank Destroyer Battalion, and I finally ended up after 2 years in Charleston, S.C., in charge of a G.U. ward, so I spent two lovely years living off of Uncle Sam, and I was discharged as a staff sergeant, and then I went to Fort Sill, Okla., in 1949, after being commissioned in the National Guard in 1948, and received my field commission in artillery, and I have stepped my way up to where I am now a major, general staff, assistant G-4.