Shoulder Patch Out of Place

I noticed a shoulder patch on the Americans who had liberated us and said to them, "You are supposed to be overseas, aren't you?"

He answered, "We are overseas." But I insisted, "You are supposed to be in the Pacific." "But we are over here," he argued. "But you are the 86th Division, aren't you?" "Yes, and we are over here," he replied. I then told him that my brother was in that outfit and I knew they had been scheduled for the Pacific. He didn't know J. E. but the second soldier did and went after Captain Bamey Slagle who was with the Artillery and knew J. E. When he came up he asked if Moore was my brother and when I told him he was, he said he wanted to surprise him and to take me back to see him. I was more than willing and as soon as we got permission from my colonel, we started. We couldn't find J. E. that night, but the next day I found his room and met a number of the fellows from the 86th Division Artillery.