The war had ended in Europe. With a little R and R time, I found myself doing a bit of traveling and sightseeing. One evening, several of us took in a movie in Amsterdam, Holland. I remember that night so vividly for two reasons: the first was the movie itself, an old prewar "Abott and Costello" film, imported from America with Dutch subtitles. That in itself was humorous. Our laughter was quite conspicuous among the audience, because the subtitles caught only half the slap-stick humor and puns.

Secondly, I recall this evening so vividly for, suddenly, in the middle of the show, two drunken G.I.’s entered the darkened movie house. Let me tell you, they were stoned. In the darkness their staggering created quite a disturbance. Finally the two decided to sit in the balcony. They began ascen…