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Show Returning Servicemen to Civilian Life Has Been Organized on Army Version of Assembly Line Plan 1 & : : Typical G.I. Joe Goes Through Ropes at Separation Center SSgt. Arthur Freund, 25-year-old , overseas veteran, is typical of the , thousands of soldiers who will be given discharge under the point f plan, on account of age, or due to t dependencies. Like many others. I Sergeant Freund would like to have ' stayed in service until his job was ' done. He will continue to contribute contrib-ute to war effort on-the home front. His war experience will aid him. j His wife. Bertha, who lives in Brooklyn, N. Y., was made an invalid in-valid by an automobile crash. Arthur Ar-thur is needed at home to take care j of her. He had no choice, and the j army, realizing that his greater ' .duty was to his wife, sent him, along with hundreds of others, to Fort Dix, I N. J. Separation center areas have ' been established throughout the United States to take care of the 343,000 Yanks who will be discharged dis-charged in next 30 days. The one at Fort Dix was selected for Sergeant Ser-geant Freund, being the nearest to his home. Property Is Checked ! . . , i I; . .; . . ' '. 4 j r : , i ! : j . :,! All records and property is checked upon arrival. When the discharged dis-charged soldier leaves the center he is given one complete outfit. Goes Through Mill s ... ... ..A'--- .....,: , -; ( ...'.;:'- . f.-i '. .- , . , '- . f i ,''. 1 I f'H ! " "J , -"' ,W.; t , -1 X '' V, ' ' I - . i , v ' f" I - i ... r STT" '. j r 11 v . . 'I he big moment he ban lu:i-ii waiting wait-ing for arrives. Sergeant Freund, top, Is shown wllh his final papers, which ho must sign. They include his discharge certificate and separation separa-tion qualification record, which he will find need for In years to come. Center, another big moment. Final payday has arrived. lie receives his dlschargo button, service and honor hon-or medals and ribbons and all pay due him from the army, Including, tho firKt $100 of his niimlei'lng out pay. Having served overseas he will receive $.'!00 miiNterliig out pay In all. Lower, the Honorable Discharge Is presented by separation center commander, com-mander, along wllh coiigraliihillons on Scrgeniil I reund's excellent service serv-ice record. |