"So, I ordered the china for grandma, and I went to pick it up. They had packed it up for shipping, in these two big crates. I was waiting for the bus to go back to the base, I had to mail it from the base. So, I was waiting for the bus, and a guy pulled up in a staff car.
Now, a staff car is only for the officers, and this one had a flag on the front of it, which meant that it was a General's car. The driver pulls up, and he sees me with the two crates, and he asks me if I want a ride. I said to the guy, thanks for the offer, but you know, these boxes have all the seltzer coming out of them."
"Seltzer?" I asked.
"Yeah, seltzer, it's this material that they packed the china in, it's frilly, and it gets everywhere. It was coming out of all the seams of the boxes. I told the guy no, because I didn't want to get the stuff all over the general's car. He said to me, don't worry about it, and he gave me a ride back to the base. When we got to the Post Office on the base, I said to him, 'Let me clean all this stuff out for you, the least I can do after the ride.' But he told me that he'd just take the car down to the motor pool, and that the guys there would take care of it.
When the china got to your grandmother, she was so happy, but she wanted to be able to open it with me. She took out one plate, so she could see if it had broken during the shipping. It was ok, so she left the rest until I got home from the war."
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