Saturday Afternoon
Dear Mom + Dad,
I have two of your letters to answer today. At last nights mail call I received the one you wrote Tuesday and a back one came in from the Fifth field the one you wrote a week ago Thursday. I was very glad to hear from you as I haven’t been receiving very much mail lately. In fact I’ve had only one outside of the ones you have written me since I’ve been here. I’ve been going up to Station Hospital to get my mail and I’m going to continue to do so until I get some down here which should be in the next few days. As you know it has been messed up now for almost two weeks and I guess it has to be that way.
I went up to the office today to check on my status. My records are all here so this is finally the correct place where I should hibernate until they decide they want me in the U.S. Army Air Corps. I also asked about the chances of getting a furlough and there is no chance. I think I told you about them calling 25 and only 5 were here. So since then air cadets here cannot get furloughs. I thought as much but I thought it would be at least worth a try. Thus it doesn’t look like I’m going to get home for awhile unless I get some break in the meantime. You mentioned that you hope I’d come east. I don’t think there is any chance of that as I’ll probably be sent to Santa Ana if anything further away from home. I don’t mind that to much as that is a nice section of California. I might just as well be there as anywhere if I can’t get time off to come home. You know that I’d love to come home and see your new house. However, if I can’t that all there is to it. I’d just as soon come home and come home to stay for good. Until that day when this is all over I will try to make the best of the situation. Of course if I can get the chance I’ll be glad to come home.
I still have a long way to go through before I actually become a flying cadet. I have another tough physical to go through before I become an actual cadet. I started this with the idea of going to Officers School in the Air Force. Now I’m thinking very seriously of giving a try at flying if I can make it. If not my first job will be to try for Officers School again. I hope if it comes through again that I’ll make it this time. If I don’t make the flying cadets I become a private in air corps. My present corporal ranking will be lost when I transfer over. However, if that has to be I don’t mind that either as I feel I can work up pretty fast in the air corps. All of this is pure speculation but I’m trying to give you all my possible prospects of this air corps deal of mine. Whatever way it turns out I feel I’ll be a lot better off.
Mac and I are not listening to the Wisconsin Ohio State football game on the radio. I can’t get much out here during the day as the nearest radio station is 150 miles away from here. So this is the only one we can get. It is a good game and one of the best in the country so I don’t mind. It sure seems good to listen to them, it is the first game I’ve heard this year.
It is getting cold as the devil during the night around here. The nights drop down to very near freezing, the days run between 80 and 90. Naturally the sudden drop in temperature makes it seen much worse. We have no way of heating the tents so we almost freeze. I’ll sure be a thrilled guy after I get out of this desert. I’ve been out here now for over four months. Well maybe soon I’ll be out. Here’s hoping.
I guess I’ll quit now. I’ll write tomorrow.
Love
Bob
Bob
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