Gert Clark: Wes and I met a dance in New York. My father's secretary was a volunteer for the USO. It was a USO dance for midshipmen and West Point cadets.
Wes Clark: I looked over at the door and in came a couple of young ladies, and one of them was very pretty.
Theodore P. Hill [Wes' roommate at West Point]: Everybody loved Gert, she had a wonderful figure, she had, just a very outgoing personality, very smart, and there was was a lot of competition for Gert.
Wes Clark: And I figured well, I'd better get there first.
Gert Clark: I liked him right away. He was very different than the men, the young man than I was used to dating. He was far more intellectual and in many ways far more innocent.
Wes Clark: We were taught as cadets that it was one of the greatest things you could ever offer a girl was a chance to come to West Point for a weekend date. And I said "well, we're going to have a swimming team picnic next week up at West Point. Would you like to come?" And she looked at me and she said "Maybe." [pause] She said I could call her. And um, I was, well, I was, a little bit, I was a little bit crushed by this. But intrigued.
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