Stole this one from GlockTalk- made me laugh
Dear Ma and Pa,
I 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 all of the places are filled.
I was restless at first because you get to stay in bed till nearly 6
a.m. But I 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 is not so bad, there's 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 by the
two city boys that live on coffee. Their food, plus yours,
holds you until 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's not my place to tell him
different. A 'route march' is about as far as to our mailbox at
home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in
trucks. The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot. The
Captain 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 bulls-eye is near
as big as a chipmunk head and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you
like the Higgett boys at home. Al l you got to do is lie there
all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own
cartridges They come in boxes. Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real careful though,
they break real easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at
home. I'm about the best they got in this except for that
Tug Jordan from over
in Silver Lake .. I
only beat him once... He joined up the same time as me, but I'm
only 5'6' and 130 pounds and he's 6'8' and near 300 pounds
dry. Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get
onto this setup and come stampeding in.
Your
loving daughter,
Alice
Dear Ma and Pa,
I 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 all of the places are filled.
I was restless at first because you get to stay in bed till nearly 6
a.m. But I 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 is not so bad, there's 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 by the
two city boys that live on coffee. Their food, plus yours,
holds you until 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's not my place to tell him
different. A 'route march' is about as far as to our mailbox at
home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in
trucks. The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot. The
Captain 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 bulls-eye is near
as big as a chipmunk head and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you
like the Higgett boys at home. Al l you got to do is lie there
all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own
cartridges They come in boxes. Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real careful though,
they break real easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at
home. I'm about the best they got in this except for that
Tug Jordan from over
in Silver Lake .. I
only beat him once... He joined up the same time as me, but I'm
only 5'6' and 130 pounds and he's 6'8' and near 300 pounds
dry. Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get
onto this setup and come stampeding in.
Your
loving daughter,
Alice
