Inside the Wall Was a German Uniform

We went from Aberdine to Magazine Gap, from Magazine Gap to Peak and we were put in the Peak there, Peak Mansion. My platoon was put into a big mansion. And I told them, to my corporals, I said, “Go in there, make yourself comfortable, but,” I said, “don’t disarrange anything. Just leave things be.” I didn’t want them to tear things up or anything. I didn’t think they would. But when, because I was still interested in what the Japanese were doing on the outside. They were scared, so therefore they had to keep these men in order, I guess. When I walked in there, the only place that I could go and lie down was in one of these closets and so I took some of the clothes off the hangers there and I made myself a comfortable place. And I went to put my back against the wall and the wall gave. But there was another closet within this closet and inside there, there was a German uniform, even the spiked helmet and dress. Now it would be a red, it would be a real dress up uniform and I thought, well, maybe somebody was living here that was a spy.