Dear Mom:
I don’t know if I will ever
be able to stay put again, I am on skipping alert again – this time I am going
to Pyote, Texas for what I don’t know. I know one thing, this place is the worst station the Air Force has, bar
none. It is out in the Texas desert and it is 200 miles from any town
of any size. This will probably be the place where I will be stuck for the rest
of my stay in the army. Some of our group are going to
March field in Calif. Now why couldn’t I have been sent
there? Near L.A. and really in the middle of really
beautiful country too. I’m still old lucky West I suppose!
Went down to Hutchinson, Kansas to the State Fair but it wasn’t too
good, it was something to do though. I saw the movie “State Fair” as it was
really a fine show, haven’t enjoyed on so much in a long time. It is darned good
entertainment.
I am losing two of my crew members soon, North and Wolf – co-pilot and
engineer. I don’t know whether I will get re-placements or if they will leave us
as a skeleton crew. We don’t have any idea what we are to do in Pyote,
Tex. which is where we are going so
we’ve found.
The other letter has most of the poop so I will close this one for
now.
Your loving son,
Roy