How true on the flags. Wish we put up a flag on each town, village and city we captured
in France and Germany also. Checked my discharge paper and yes, I was given $300.00 in "Mustering out pay" but only $100.00 with the other monthly payments of
$100.00 each to follow. Same is on my Dads and Brothers discharges. According to the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper clipping I found in Google this is the way it was supposed to be. Your sure were lucky. From the Stars and Stripes newspaper::
"Added to whatever we can save from our monthly pay will be the mustering out pay of 300 bucks dim in three monthly instalments beginning the day some officer hands us our discharge paper and says, "Soldier you're now a civilian."". On my papers it is under
"Pay Data" with travel ETC figures.. Give a look at your discharge and let me know.
And yes, it was a long slow trip from Germany to Le Harve France to the "cigarette camps" VIA 40 and 8 boxcars mainly when our points came up. Then about 2 weeks on a Victory ship holding about 700 of us returning G.I."s and then after arriving in Camp
Kilmer NJ we were out in about 3 days time.