Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
5:59 | Army Air Corps cook Paul Zuckerman was reassigned to an Army Signal Corps outfit and shipped out to India. The danger was not great for the non-combat unit, but they were nearly done in by a typhoon.
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They gave Paul Zuckerman a choice when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, Biloxi or Detroit. Opting for the climate he knew, he finished his basic training and was thrust into an assignment as an MP without the benefit of any instruction. He soon convinced them to make him a cook, and since he was the only one in the kitchen who knew what he was doing, he became head cook. He then found time to make some apricot brandy and meet someone special.
