SpinnerBait_Nut
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Dear Ma and Pa: <br />> <br />> I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine <br />> <br />> Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up <br />> <br />> quick before maybe all of the places are filled. I was restless at first <br />> <br />> because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m., but am getting so I <br />> <br />> like to sleep late. <br />> <br />> Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot and <br />> <br />> shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to <br />> <br />> split, fire to lay. Practically nothing. Men got to shave but it is not <br />> <br />> so bad, there's warm water. <br />> <br />> Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, <br />> <br />> etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, <br />> <br />> pie and other regular food. But tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit <br />> <br />> between two city boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds <br />> <br />> you till noon, when you get fed again. It's no wonder these city boys <br />> <br />> can't walk much. <br />> <br />> We go on "route" marches, which the Platoon Sergeant says are long walks <br />> <br />> to harden us. If he thinks so, it is not my place to tell him different. <br />> <br />> A "route march" is about as far as to our mailbox at home.. Then the city <br />> <br />> guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks. The country is nice, <br />> <br />> but awful flat. The Sergeant is like a schoolteacher. He nags some. <br />> <br />> The Capt. is like the school board. Majors and Colonels just ride around <br />> <br />> and frown. They don't bother you none. <br />> <br />> This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals <br />> <br />> for shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a <br />> <br />> chipmunk head and don't move. And it ain't shooting at you, like the <br />> <br />> Higgett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and <br />> <br />> hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in boxes. <br />> <br />> Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to <br />> <br />> wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real careful though, they <br />> <br />> break real easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at home. I'm <br />> <br />> about the best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in <br />> <br />> Silver Lake.. He joined up the same time as me. But I'm only 5'6" and 130 <br />> <br />> pounds and he's 6'8" and weighs near 300 pounds dry. <br />> <br />> Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers <br />> <br />> get onto this setup and come stampeding in. <br />> <br />> Your loving daughter, <br />> <br />> Gail <br />>
Was that a Jessica Lynch letter home?........SS