> Dear Ma and Pa, > > I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the > Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them > to join up quick before all of the places are filled. I was > restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m. > but I am getting so I like to sleep late. > > Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot, > and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, > wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing. Men got to shave > but it is not so bad, there's warm water. > > Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, > bacon, etc. but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried > eggplant, pie and other regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer you > can always sit by the two city boys that live on coffee. Their food > plus yours holds you til noon when you get fed again. It's no > wonder these city boys can't walk much. > > We go on "route marches", which the platoon sergeant says are long > walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my place to tell him > different. A "route march" is about as far as to our mailbox at > home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in > trucks. > > The country is nice but awful flat. The sergeant is like a school > teacher. He nags a lot. The Captain is like the school board. > Majors and colonels just ride around and frown. They don't bother > you none. > > This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting > medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big > as a chipmunk head and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you > like the Leggett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there all > comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. > They come in boxes. > > Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get > to wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real careful though, > they break real easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at > home. I'm about the best they got in this except for that Doug > Bingham from over in Tennessee. I only beat him once. He joined up > the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6" and 130 pounds and he's 6'8" > and near 300 pounds dry. > > Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other > fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in. > > Your loving daughter, > Gail
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