Correcting History

[Jim Garrett]

Several other officers in the audience were in "Civies". Leale was in civilian clothes because he didn't want to be noticed as a medical man. I guess he wanted to be completely off duty. I think that for many men, they had spent the last four years in uniform (pretty much non-stop in uniform). While the war may not have been officially over, peace was at hand. It was time to relax.