November 22, 1942 – The War News Sounds Very Encouraging To Me

Sunday Afternoon

Dear Mom + Dad,

Another day comes and it is a beautiful day after the rain. Every thing has cleared up and the air is fresh and nice. I was waiting for mail call today but as I just found out there is none on Sunday. So I will have to wait another day before I hear from you. This is the first place I’ve ever been that they don’t have mail on Sunday. But then things are a lot different around here than in the army even though it is part of it.

I go on my old bugaboo of K.P. this afternoon at 3 P.M. Your K.P. here lasts for 24 hours. 3 P.M. one day to 3 the next. At least it splits it up and doesn’t make it a long grind. Of course I don’t like the idea of it but then what can you do about it but take it and grin. I haven’t done any K.P. in an awful long time as before I was a corporal and they don’t usually pull K.P. So I’m off again on the old army routine. This classification center is the only place I will have to do it. When I start out in Pre-flight I won’t have to do it. It won’t be so bad I guess.

I haven’t got much further news to add as my life is getting into a routine now that my tests are all over. I just hang around do a little calisthenics + drills, read a little, write a few letters and sleep. At times it gets a little monotonous but I’ve accustomed to that after my stay in the desert.

The war news sounds very encouraging to me. The tide is beginning to turn now. I feel it will be just a question of time before we finally win. I expect it to be one big push too, and maybe this is the start of it. Let’s hope so.

Not much more now. I’ll write later.

Love

Bob