The Saturday Battle
Dad worked on Carolyn Richards gun crew, he is in position 2, which is extracting, the one on YOUR right, what they are doing here is just about ready to fire the cannon, Carolyn has her hand in the air ready to call the command "fire" Roger keeps one hand over the ear facing the cannon, to stop the noise and also his mouth slightly open to prevent pressure buildup in your head from the concussion. During the battle Anne's daughter Brittany took Mandy and the other kids out shopping, Mandy got a cute little doll.
After suppper, all the girlls get dressed up for the ball, they all worked Mandy over making her very pretty. Sue had some extra ball dresses she had bought for her daugthter when she gets older, and let Mandy waer one
Quite a big ball it was, held in the Keokuk High School Gym, Mandy and dad danced to the Grand March, and also a short time on a waltz.
Mandy got to dance with Bill Huber, a sharply dressed Captain. Mandy was quite adept at twirling