Dear Mother,
I got your letter today with the tags and the clipping from the Star. I sent
Sears a letter sometime ago and I see he got it. The radio club sent me a
letter in it too.
I sent you a package from
As I’ve stated before we are moving out Sunday and I don’t know where. It is
probably to the new area right here at camp. Because they have a lot of the
schools located here now.
I just had a shower and a shave and do I feel swell. It was very warm here
today.
Monday was the first time I was in the town of
While there I saw two town Marshall’s. They looked
just like the Westerners you see in the movies. Each one had a big .45
strapped real low in their leg. Not like you see the city policeman wear a gun.
The bottom of the holster reached the knee. While there I bought a pineapple
sundae and it sure tasted swell. We can leave the camp any night as long as we
are back in bed at
Everything is going along swell here.
Well I can’t think of anything else to write at this time.
I was busy tonight till
Everybody has to take his turn on K.P. and fireman, else how do you suppose
we’d eat and keep warm. Everybody has his turn in the army to have some crumby
job.
Your son,
Melvin