Saturday
Evening
Dear Mom +
Dad,
I had just
started to wonder when I was going to hear from you when up and comes your
Sunday letter and Tuesday letter at the same time. The mail sure is crazy around here. Your letters written two days apart arrive at
the same time as you can see how messed up it is. Then your amount of receival of my letters
bears it out. My athletic supporter
arrived quite a few days ago and in your Sunday letter you mentioned it should
arrive soon. This place seems to bring
me the most trouble I have had with mail since I have been in the army and the
slowest. I used to get air mail 3 days in California
here air mail takes 4 to 6 days. It can’t
be helped I suppose so I can bear up under it.
As long as I get the letters that’s all that counts.
Your
Saturday letters were very nice and I enjoyed reading them very much. A total of seven pages on both sides it
really overwhelms me. Your description
of Christmas at home really sounded very good to me and it made me think of
previous years. I’m glad you go my
message via telegram. It didn’t convey
what I wanted but at lease it got across my thoughts of you for the day. The West. Union won’t let me say what I
wanted to.
You sent me
Jimmy’s address, I think I told you I heard from him last week and wrote to him
at the same time. But thank you for
sending it anyway.
I had a math
test today and I only got 100%. Last
week I took one in math and got a 95. I
missed a problem by making a silly mistake.
This is fairly easy for me. In
radio code we got no mark but I’m coming along in that fairly well. On Monday I have a test in aircraft
recognition and that is the one that is worrying me a little. I think I’ll know enough to pass by then as
tomorrow is our day off and I’m figuring on studying it then.
I have about
one more week to go as an underclassman.
I figure my first half will be over next Sunday and then I shall have a
little more peace than I have now.
Things are pretty rough now as they are clamping down on us near the
end. We really had a rugged inspection
this morning and the gig list is getting large.
I’ve stayed off it so far. You
can get caught for so many small things that it is a miracle I have. Tomorrow starts hell week and I guess we’ll
be really hazed then. I can take it
though. I’ve gone this far without
trouble. The last week will be easy.
I’m sending
you another one of the tale spinners.
You will notice they are thinking of abolishing the class system. Those orders are from Gen. Arnold so I
imagine that we will be the last under this system. Personally I think it is a good idea as there
is enough baloney without adding to it.
I had better
quit now and study my aircraft recognition.
I’ll write tomorrow.
Love
Bob
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