September 21, 1942 - Sleeping on the Job



Monday Afternoon

Dear Mom + Dad,

Your letter that should have arrived yesterday arrived this morning so everything is O.K. I also received a letter from Leata that I enjoyed very much. I’ll answer it as soon as I finish this one.

I was interested in your saying that Russ has left the country. I hadn’t heard from him in about 3 weeks. At that time I received a card from Augusta Ga. and he said he would only be there a short while. Mary wrote me the other day and said she heard he was in California. I just wrote a card to his folks inquiring as to his where abouts the other day. Try and find out the details about it for me if you can. If he is overseas they sure railroaded him in a hurry. But that’s the breaks you get in the army.

I can picture the turmoil you must be going through in preparation for moving. But I know after it is all over you will really have something nice. I can’t say how good it makes me feel to know that you have that home of your own now. It’s about time you had a life of your own.

I’m sorry to hear that you fell Dad but I guess you were lucky enough not to hurt yourself to much. You’re also quite a spring chicken going up and working out in the gym. I’m also surprised that you got Brother out for some of those things. He needs the exercise to remove that stomach of his.

Things are really hopping around here as the 64th our neighbors are moving to a different area of the camp. All their boys are out here working pulling down the last of their stuff. I think I’ll get pulled out of the hospital because they are leaving. We shared out details with them and now with them gone we’ll have to do it all ourselves. The first sergeant says he is going to pull us out tomorrow. I sure hope it is true. I’d like to get out of there and come back to my own outfit. Well maybe it will come to pass.

I haven’t slept at all today as last night I slept for 6 hours on the job. I don’t feel the least bit tired so I’m not resting up for this evening. I don’t really need it.

Nothing new on the air corps but I don’t really expect anything yet for awhile. It just a question of sitting around and waiting now.

I’m enclosing a lousy picture of me for you to have. It isn’t much good. I’m going to take a few soon and then maybe I’ll get some good ones.

I guess thats all for now.

Love
Bob

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