the base - two nursing sisters, one Equipment officer, and one Dietician officer. Staff members were also enlisted to train for, and put on, a stage performance under the title of “The Gay Nineties Revue”. Jack was privileged to be a member of that cast... believe it or not he was a sweet dancing girl, performing waltz, can-can and sexy ballet numbers, along with other men of various builds! Great care was given to costumes and make up (even to shaving legs!). They realized how good the makeup was, when after one show, before we had a chance to disrobe from the can-can outfits, a couple of officers (who had, no doubt, spent some time at the officer’s bar before coming to the performance), appeared in the dressing room looking for a date. “I would like to have had a photo of their faces when we removed our wigs!!” said Jack. Their comments will not be published here!

Many civilian people were employed at the Mount Pleasant Airport in numerous capacities one of whom worked in the hospital office. It was while Ethel Dyment worked there that Jack met her in 1944. Following the end of the war they were married and still are after 54 years.

Jack and Warrant Officer 2nd Class (name not to be mentioned) went to Charlottetown to see the optometrist for an eye exam. After the testing the two went bowling. Jack was not a very good bowler but his Warrant Officer was, or at least a lot better than Jack. That is until a young lady came in with a lovely fur jacket on. “She stood watching us,” remembers Jack. Now his bowling buddy was still bowling pretty good that is until the girl took off her jacket. “She was a well built lady if you know what I mean” Jack chuckled. Now the Warrant Officer’s game went downhill, and mine seemed to

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