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A LETTER FROM MY NEIGHBOR, NOW A MARINE RECRUIT AT CAMP PENDLETON
Dear Ma and Pa;
Am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer
the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile.
Tell them to join up quick before maybe all of the places are
filled. I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed
till nearly 6 a.m., but am getting so I like to sleep late.
Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth
your cot and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch,
mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing.
Men got to shave, but it ain't so bad, they get warm water.
Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal,
eggs, bacon, etc, but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham,
steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food. But tell
Walt and Elmer you can always sit between two city boys that
live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you till noon, when
you get fed again.
It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on
"route" marches, which the Platoon Sergeant says are long
walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it is not my place to tell
him different. A "route march" is about as far as to our
mailbox at home. Then the city guys gets sore feet and we all
ride back in trucks. The country is nice, but awful flat.
The Sergeant is like a schoolteacher. He nags some. The
Capt. is like the school board. Majors and Colonels just ride
around and frown. They don't bother you none.
This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep
getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bullseye is
near as big as a chipmunk and don't move. And it ain't
shooting at you, like the Higgett boys at home. All you got to
do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load
your own cartridges. They come in boxes.
Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other
fellers get into this setup and come stampeding in.
Your loving daughter,
Gail
P.S. Speaking of shooting, enclosed is $200 towards a new
barn roof and ma's teeth. The city boys shoot craps, but not
very good.
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A LETTER FROM MY NEIGHBOR, NOW A MARINE RECRUIT AT CAMP PENDLETON
Dear Ma and Pa;
Am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer
the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile.
Tell them to join up quick before maybe all of the places are
filled. I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed
till nearly 6 a.m., but am getting so I like to sleep late.
Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth
your cot and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch,
mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing.
Men got to shave, but it ain't so bad, they get warm water.
Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal,
eggs, bacon, etc, but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham,
steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food. But tell
Walt and Elmer you can always sit between two city boys that
live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you till noon, when
you get fed again.
It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on
"route" marches, which the Platoon Sergeant says are long
walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it is not my place to tell
him different. A "route march" is about as far as to our
mailbox at home. Then the city guys gets sore feet and we all
ride back in trucks. The country is nice, but awful flat.
The Sergeant is like a schoolteacher. He nags some. The
Capt. is like the school board. Majors and Colonels just ride
around and frown. They don't bother you none.
This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep
getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bullseye is
near as big as a chipmunk and don't move. And it ain't
shooting at you, like the Higgett boys at home. All you got to
do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load
your own cartridges. They come in boxes.
Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other
fellers get into this setup and come stampeding in.
Your loving daughter,
Gail
P.S. Speaking of shooting, enclosed is $200 towards a new
barn roof and ma's teeth. The city boys shoot craps, but not
very good.
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