“Every GI I cooked for got the same attention that I gave every VIP I cooked for.”
Well, hell, I remember you, or most likely some other cook like you, in another place, another time, after we got off the line and ate at the officer’s mess, ordering a cheese omelet and sausage and fresh-made toast and fried potatoes, many, many moons ago. One of the best meals we ever ate.
That breakfast was greatly appreciated by me and my men.
As an NCO, I loved the flat-top and dealing with customers, and training the airmen. Not as much stress on the airmen as breakfast grill. That was a rush for old hands at busy bases.
Midnight chow was just pure love of job, love of teaching, and service to the guys at the pointy end of the spear.
I hope your meal was good.
Fond memories.
/johnny