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LETTER FROM A FARM KID
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>
> NOW AT SAN DIEGO MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT.
>
> 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 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. 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 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'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 country is nice but
> awful flat.
>
> The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot. 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 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. All you got to do is lie there all
> comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own cart ridges.
> 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 weighs near
> 300 pounds dry.
>
> Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before them other
> fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.
>
> Your loving daughter,
> Gail

"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." - Carl Zwanzig

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\"Those who hammer their guns into plows
will plow for those who do not.\"
- Thomas Jefferson

LOL! That's great!!!

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI

hate to see what she'd say about army life

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"A .44 magnum beats 4 Aces everytime..."

Ah, hot army chicks. Such a shame that the IDF makes you keep a mandatory 40 cm between members of the opposite sex...

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"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI

I'd say 8" is close enough to cause trouble!<img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." - Carl Zwanzig

_________________
\"Those who hammer their guns into plows
will plow for those who do not.\"
- Thomas Jefferson

It's not causing trouble I'm worried about. It's staying out of it.

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI