diff --git a/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/src/MemoryManager_ref_assignment.cpp b/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/src/MemoryManager_ref_assignment.cpp
index cda7cb55..bc9cd5bf 100644
--- a/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/src/MemoryManager_ref_assignment.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/src/MemoryManager_ref_assignment.cpp
@@ -265,12 +265,12 @@ int Trick::MemoryManager::assign_recursive(void* base_addr, ATTRIBUTES* attr, in
 
    } else if ( remaining_dimensions > 0 ) {
 
-       int size_of_curr_dim;
-
-       size_of_curr_dim = attr->index[curr_dim].size ;
-       assign_addr = (char*)base_addr + offset * sizeof(void*);
+       int size_of_curr_dim = attr->index[curr_dim].size ;
 
        if ( size_of_curr_dim == 0) { // the remaining dimensions are pointer dimensions.
+
+           assign_addr = (char*)base_addr + offset * sizeof(void*);
+
            if (v_tree && v_tree->v_data) {
 
                if ((remaining_dimensions == 1) && (v_tree->v_data->type == TRICK_STRING)) { 
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ int Trick::MemoryManager::assign_recursive(void* base_addr, ATTRIBUTES* attr, in
                (v_tree->v_data)
               ) {
 
+               assign_addr = (char*)base_addr + offset * size_of_curr_dim * sizeof(char);
+
                if ((v_tree->v_data->type == TRICK_STRING) &&
                    (v_tree->v_data->value.cp != NULL)) {
 
@@ -310,10 +312,12 @@ int Trick::MemoryManager::assign_recursive(void* base_addr, ATTRIBUTES* attr, in
                } else {
                    *(char*)assign_addr = '\0';
                }
-               
+
            } else if ( (attr->type == TRICK_WCHAR) &&
                        (remaining_dimensions == 1)) { 
 
+               assign_addr = (char*)base_addr + offset * size_of_curr_dim * sizeof(wchar_t);
+
                if ((v_tree) &&
                    (v_tree->v_data->type == TRICK_WSTRING) &&  
                    (v_tree->v_data->value.wcp != NULL)) {
@@ -345,7 +349,7 @@ int Trick::MemoryManager::assign_recursive(void* base_addr, ATTRIBUTES* attr, in
                } else {
                    *(wchar_t*)assign_addr = (wchar_t) NULL;
                }
-           
+
            } else {
                int ii;
                V_TREE* curr_vt_node;
@@ -353,7 +357,7 @@ int Trick::MemoryManager::assign_recursive(void* base_addr, ATTRIBUTES* attr, in
                    curr_vt_node = v_tree->down;
                } else {
                    curr_vt_node =  NULL;
-               }               
+               }
 
                for (ii=0; ii < size_of_curr_dim; ii++) {
                    int ret;
diff --git a/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/test/MM_read_checkpoint.cc b/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/test/MM_read_checkpoint.cc
index 53b88779..916a450a 100644
--- a/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/test/MM_read_checkpoint.cc
+++ b/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/test/MM_read_checkpoint.cc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "MM_user_defined_types.hh"
 #include "MM_test.hh"
 #include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
 
 
 /*
@@ -235,3 +236,34 @@ TEST_F(MM_read_checkpoint, bool_test) {
         EXPECT_EQ( T_flag, true);
         EXPECT_EQ( F_flag, false);
 }
+
+
+
+TEST_F(MM_read_checkpoint, 2D_char_array) {
+
+    UDT7 *udt7_p = (UDT7*)memmgr->declare_var("UDT7 udt7");
+
+    memmgr->set_debug_level(1);
+    memmgr->read_checkpoint_from_string(
+    "udt7.A = {"
+    "\"A00\",\"A01\",\"A02\",\"A03\",\"A04\",\"A05\",\"A06\",\"A07\","
+    "\"A08\",\"A09\",\"A10\",\"A11\",\"A12\",\"A13\",\"A14\",\"A15\","
+    "\"A16\",\"A17\",\"A18\",\"A19\",\"A20\",\"A21\",\"A22\",\"A23\","
+    "\"A24\",\"A25\",\"A26\",\"A27\",\"A28\",\"A29\",\"A30\",\"A31\"};"
+    );
+
+    for (int ii=0; ii<32; ii++) {
+        std::stringstream ss;
+        ss << "A" ;
+        ss << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) ;
+        ss << ii ;
+        std::cout << ss.str() << std::endl;
+        int result = ss.str().compare( &udt7_p->A[ii][0] );
+
+        EXPECT_EQ(result, 0);
+    }
+
+
+
+
+}
diff --git a/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/test/MM_user_defined_types.hh b/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/test/MM_user_defined_types.hh
index ed67e86b..f64c4f50 100644
--- a/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/test/MM_user_defined_types.hh
+++ b/trick_source/sim_services/MemoryManager/test/MM_user_defined_types.hh
@@ -87,3 +87,9 @@ class UDT4 : public UDT3 {
     double XX;
 };
 
+class UDT7 {
+    public:
+    char A[32][4];
+    char B[32][4];
+};
+