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- From: JimSGreene@xxxxxxx
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:06:02 EST
Dear Ma &Pa,
Am well. Hope you are. Tell brother Walt &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 & 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, they git 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 & 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 &Colonels just ride
around
&frown. They don't bother you none.
This next will kill Walt & Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals
for shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a
chipmunk and don't move. And it ain't shooting back at you, like the Higgett
boys at home.
All you got to do is to lay there all comfortable and hit it. You don't
even load your own cartridges. They come in boxes.
Be sure to tell Walt & Elmer to hurry & join before other fellers get into
this
setup &come stampeding in.
Your loving daughter,
Gail
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