Dylan W.
lone resident of Bro-Lite Island
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2007
- Location
- Mocksville NC
I got this in an e-mail from YOUR HOTDOG GUY!
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FARM
KID in the ARMY
Dear Ma and
Pa,
I am well.. Hope
you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Army 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. All 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
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FARM
KID in the ARMY
Dear Ma and
Pa,
I am well.. Hope
you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Army 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. All 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
