A military letter from my sister's cousin's daughter's mom's cousin

[Becky Eliza Potter]

> (Just join the San Diego MARINE CORPS RECRUIT TRAINING)
>
> Dear Ma and Pa,
>
> I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the
> Marine Corps beats working for old man Larson by a mile. Tell them
> to join up quick before all of the places are filled.
>
> I was restless at first because you got 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 country is nice but awful flat 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 Devils 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

[cincygreg]

Think they may just be hanging out down by the fillin station right about now...


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[Kerniol]

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