njjen3953
4th Level Orange Feather
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2001
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Dear Ma and Pa:
Am well. Hope you are. Tell brother Walt and brother Elmer the Army
beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick
before maybe all the places are filled. I was restless at first
because you got to stay in bed till nearly 5 a.m., but 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 ain't bad, they git warm water.
Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs,
bacon, etc., but kinda weak on chops, potatoes, beef, ham, steak,
fried eggplant, pie, and regular food. But tell Walt and Elmer you
can always sit between two city boys that live on coffee. Their food
plus yours hold you till noon, when you get fed again.
It aint no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on 'route
marches', which, the Sgt. says, are long walks to harden us. If he
thinks so, it is not my place to tell him different. A 'route march'
is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys all get
sore feet, and we ride back in trucks. The country is nice, but awful
flat.
The Sgt. is like a schoolteacher. He nags some. The Capt. is like the
school board. Colonels and Generals just ride around and frown. They
don't bother none.
This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep gettin
medals for shootin. I don't know why. The bull's-eye is near as big
as a chipmunk and don't move. And it ain't shooting back, like the
Higgett boys at home. All you got to do is lay there all comfortable
and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in
boxes.
Be sure and tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join up before other
fellows get onto this setup and come stampeding in.
Your lovin' daughter Gail.
P.S. Speakin of shootin, enclosed is $200 for a barn roof and ma's
teeth. Those city boys shoot craps, but not very good.
Am well. Hope you are. Tell brother Walt and brother Elmer the Army
beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick
before maybe all the places are filled. I was restless at first
because you got to stay in bed till nearly 5 a.m., but 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 ain't bad, they git warm water.
Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs,
bacon, etc., but kinda weak on chops, potatoes, beef, ham, steak,
fried eggplant, pie, and regular food. But tell Walt and Elmer you
can always sit between two city boys that live on coffee. Their food
plus yours hold you till noon, when you get fed again.
It aint no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on 'route
marches', which, the Sgt. says, are long walks to harden us. If he
thinks so, it is not my place to tell him different. A 'route march'
is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys all get
sore feet, and we ride back in trucks. The country is nice, but awful
flat.
The Sgt. is like a schoolteacher. He nags some. The Capt. is like the
school board. Colonels and Generals just ride around and frown. They
don't bother none.
This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep gettin
medals for shootin. I don't know why. The bull's-eye is near as big
as a chipmunk and don't move. And it ain't shooting back, like the
Higgett boys at home. All you got to do is lay there all comfortable
and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in
boxes.
Be sure and tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join up before other
fellows get onto this setup and come stampeding in.
Your lovin' daughter Gail.
P.S. Speakin of shootin, enclosed is $200 for a barn roof and ma's
teeth. Those city boys shoot craps, but not very good.
