Saturday Afternoon
Dear Mom + Dad,
I have now completed my training here and I’m all set to move out. As yet I have no idea of where or when I’ll be sent. As soon as I get my new address I’ll write to you and let you know. You can write me here if you wish as my mail will be forwarded.
You can see by the stationary that I’m in the U.S.O. at Abilene waiting. I’m in again as its Saturday and dance night. I went to a dance in the field house at Camp last night and had a wonderful time. I managed to get myself a date for tonight with a girl I had met two weeks ago here. She’s a swell kid. She happens to be a school teacher of the same age as I am. She teaches commercial subjects in high school. I hope you approve.
We had our graduation exercises today and they were very boring. However I’m very glad that it is all over. I hope to get a few days to loaf and catch up on some back sleep. They claim everyone will be shipped out of camp by the end of next week.
I got paid yesterday $10 and right now I have plenty of money as I still had $10 from the first of the month. I’m going to give $5 to Ray Puff for the radio so that will cut me down a little. I get paid $9.68 at the end of the month. If that pay raise would only hurry up and go through I’d be all set. I’ve been reading snatches about it in the paper. As far as I can see its pretty sure of going through. I have only a little over a month to go before I get my $30 anyway. I’m really advancing fast.
I haven’t got much more to tell you. I’m going out an get something to eat and then out on my date. Write soon.
Love to All
Bob
Bob
2 comments:
I can remember when Poops showed me his flight jacket. It would only zip up about half way, because the zipper was broken. He told me that in one of his flights he ran into heavy flak and a piece of flak came through the B-17 and hit him right there on the zipper, saving him from serious injury. If the flak had hit him just a fraction of a inch to the left or right he would have been wounded. After Mom died I think I gave the jacket to Kevin but I could be wrong on that.
Hi Richard - yes, the jacket is in a closet at our house.
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