first letter found so far from Ft. Jackson, South Carolina – seems that he has been there 1.5 weeks
March 29th, 1944
Wed Night
Hello,
Well another week is half over. Even though it has been in a new place it has been a whole lot like the ones we have spent in the past. We are doing quite a bit of the same things we did in basic but the rest of the men in the division are doing about the same things so we aren’t so different. I can’t remember whether I told you or not but the division was on maneuvers all winter in Tennessee. They are more or less reviewing now – doing bayonet work, running squad problems, etc, etc, etc.
They shifted us all around into different barracks this evening so I have about spent my whole evening straightening out my stuff.
Where I am now I have a lot more room than I did before and we all have single beds here. I have slept in the top bunk of a double bed ever since I left the 16th Company so it is quite a relief to have a bed to myself again.
It is raining outside tonight and the temperature is getting pretty cold. It has been raining off and on ever since we got here. I have caught some cold but it isn’t very serious.
I’ve got only about minutes till lights out so I’ll close for tonight. Likely I’ll put this excuse for a letter in the envelope in the morning.
Goodnight & God Bless you All, Donald