Roy M Daigrepont. a 29-year-olcf veteran of the 82nd Airborne, had little to say Monday.
He sat in the Veterans Administration office at 2026 St. Charles as his GI Bill record was about to be closed.
"Maybe I ought to look disappointed," he said. Actually, Daigrepont, a third year medical student at Louisiana State j! university, could smile with the!; satisfaction of a cat swallowing ;j a canary.
Uncle Sam is about to pay him off for the last time on his GI Bill. And as far as VA officials here can figure, Daigrepont is the last of 106,-262 veterans trained in this area (34 parishes) under the World War II bill. But, as he said:
"I figure-I've gotten at least $7500 from the government. Medical school equipment is pretty expensive."
The postman with the government check rings for the last time this week for dark-haired Daigrepont, who was born in Bordelonville in AvoygHes parish.
After his GI Bill expires, Daigrepont said his family will help shoulder the financial bur-den, which lasts more years.
Daigrepont, of 8130 Fig, enlisted in the Army in 1946 and was discharged in 1949.
But after 25 days of unregi-i . mented. civilian life, he turned j around and enlisted in the Army1 again. Finally, he was discharged in March, 1953.
He explained one reason he went back in the military was that he still didn't know what he wanted to study. His pre-medical and medical career included time at three schools—South Georgia college [at Douglas, Ga., Florida State university at Tallahassee, and LSU.
PHOTO: BEST WISHES ARE offered by Thomas V Williams office manager of the New Orleans regional veterans administration office, to Roy M. Daigrepont, last of the 106,262 vet-erans trained in this area under the World War II bill. Daigrepont is a third-year medical student at Louisiana State university.
