"An Army Cook's Story" Topic

"This is the story told to me by my father, Herbert Price. He was born on 22nd June 1922 in the village of Chase Terrace in south Staffordshire. At the age of three he had a bad case of measles and lost one eye as a result. When he left school at the age of 14 he was unable to get any job where he was required to pass a medical, so he could not follow his father and brother into work at the local colliery. He got work instead as a window cleaner. When the war started he first became a member of the local Home Guard and on 23rd October 1941, at the age of 19, he received his call up papers for the army. His army number was 292813. The army medical assessed him as A4 for physical fitness and he was given the option of being a cook or working in stores. He chose to be a cook and joined the Royal Army Service Corps.

He did his basic military training at Bulford on Salisbury Plain. After this he was included in a draft of men for the Far East and went to Woking to await embarkation. He stayed there until May 1942, when there was a change of plan and he was put in a draft of men for Egypt. They sailed from Glasgow on the SS Oraanje, a former New Zealand banana boat, in July 1942. This was Herbert's first time out of the country and he and many others were very seasick at first. They stopped off at Freetown in Liberia for three days, and then at Cape Town for three days. Herbert was really impressed with the spectacular views of Table Mountain as they came into the harbour. They finally arrived in Port Suez on 18th September 1942…"
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Something strange about how this story ends:
"He and Anna have a son and two daughters and six grandchildren."
Then he says:
"All our lives my sister, brother and I have heard these and many other tales…"
I don;t understand. One son and 2 daughters then 2 sons and 1 daughter.
An otherwise fine and interesting tale.

All our lives my sister, brother and I have heard these and many other tales…"
I don;t understand. One son and 2 daughters then 2 sons and 1 daughter.

Read it more carefully. Title is An Army Cook's Story by Maria Drummond! Story teller is one of the daughters.

Let there be no doubt Army cooks are a very important branch in the US Army[or any military for that matter!]. Good, Hot chow is really a critical factor for a number of reasons. Including moral.