Nurse Dorothy Oberdorfer broke the news to her
husband of six months as gently as possible.
She had been drafted.
"Ridiculous!" said Dr. Paul Oberdorfer.
Maybe so, but it
was true.
The news was also true for a
bridegroom of one day, a 40-
year-old electrician with four
children, a doctor, his wife and
their pet Weimaraner dog.
It was no less true for a father
of two who had just purchased
a new house, a young
man whose first child had arrived
only three weeks before,
and an attorney who was just
sinking his teeth into the practice
of law.
Active Duty
All · of the people had one
thing in common. They we!'e in
the Army or Navy active reserve
and all had been ordered
to report for active duty Oct. 1.
Words like "shock e d,''•
''stunned," and "floored" are
used most often by family members
when they try to describe
how they felt they learned that
the reserve units were being
mobilized.
Involved in the New Orleans
callup are men from the 159th
Evacuation Hospital Co., the
204th Transportati
