Friday, January 19 (1945)

Went down to Equitable in morning and drew $100 and got my ticket. Then hunted all over town for a decent pair of gloves. Mary finally mended my old army gloves for me, doing a really nice job. She walked up to car line with e to see me off and I got rouge smeared on my face. When I got to depot found I was early due to watch being off. Then took The Champion at 210 the original Chattanooga choo choo (or one of them). Uneventful trip, losing a little time but not bad. Had dinner with an ordnance civilian "expert" recently from Canada. Joined by a wounded paratrooper captain and an engineer Lt. Col.