so, we were more or less attached, put it that way, to the wac unit, inez and myself. >> assimilated rank of major. assimilated -- >> yeah we got an assimilated rank. and then we went -- well, we stayed up there and -- in new jersey, i believe it was. for a week or ten days or something like that until they get ready to ship us. well, we were all set and ready to go to london. we got out and we got out in the middle of the atlantic or something like that and somebody who had been on -- back and forth that way said, this isn't the way to london. even i can recognize that down here in the atlantic. i hadn't gotten that far and i was just delighted. so, we went on. and landed at algers. the first night they had -- a what-madoodle overhead. it was very noisy and stayed at the hotel down there and -- and -- as everybody knew and thought it was funny on the day but i don't think it was funny. and ed gallagher didn't think it was funny. he said, i don't want any women in my unit. send them back. ship's going that way the next day, put them on it. inez got the support from her outfit. she di