My husband's name is Sergeant first
class George Weer Junior . And he was
attached to the second chemical mortar
battalion here at Edgewood Arsenal .
When I met him ,
one of my girlfriends found , found out
about the bus that we had from
Trailways downtown Baltimore that came
out here to the NCO club dance out here .
I , I can remember going in there , you
know , getting off the bus , going in
there and , and all the GIS were there
and the girls would go in and , and we ,
and they had to , they had a small band .
It wasn't a real big band , you know ,
but it was a live band and , you know ,
the guy you'd be send around , the guys
would come up and ask you to dance ,
you know . And I guess one time when I
was out here , not , probably , not too
long after I got here was when I met
George and it was like when I
came in the door , he was there , you
know , and we would just dance all
night , you know . No , we , when he
was getting , um , got orders to go to
Korea , um , he asked me to wait for
him . And I told him , I says , well ,
we've only known each other a couple of
months . I said , so I am gonna date
while you're gone . I said I will be
writing , you know , I will be writing
you all the time . I said , but I will
be dating . I said , and I can
guarantee you that there will be no
dear John letters . I said my brothers ,
I heard too much much about tear John s
from my brothers . I said there will
not be any one of those . I said , so I
will be seeing you when you get back
home . But that last dance that we were
at , he took the pen off his uniform
and put it on me , you know , and he
says , wait for me . So , and I still
have that pen
brought back a lot of wonderful ,
wonderful memories , you know , um ,
the gym has changed , it has definitely
changed because it was a great , big
open , open building , you know , but
the cement floor now it's got a wood
floor and , but the building is the
same , the outside is the same . The
windows are the same . Yeah . Yeah .
00 my God . I was , I was shocked out
of my shoes , you know , I just , I
couldn't imagine where those pictures
and stuff came from , you know , and I
just know that when my daughters see
all this stuff , I mean , they are just
gonna be blown away , you know . Iii ,
I just don't have any words to explain
how I feel about all the people that ,
that went into doing this and , and ,
and , and I , I guess , like Cathy and ,
and Linda , but said that it was just
one of those neighbors above .