09-06-2007, 03:36 PM
Gee this is VERY interesting!
I didn't realize that the point system wasn't instituted till May '45 &
just assumed that 's how he got home.
Clearly by the date of Bob's letter, everyone was now obsessed with
calculating their points.
How did Dad get home???? All I know is that he was drafted 3/41
and came home 3/45, but wasn't discharged from the Army till May (after VE day).
This is pure speculation, but I remember reading about MPs in North Africa
who got to take prisoners back to the states.(other MPs were envious).
Could it be possible that he had to do that? I hardly think it likely
at that late date that they'd be bringing German prisoners to the U.S.