Thursday noon – September 14, 1944
Hello Folks,
How’s everything coming back there now? I sure hope school is progressing successfully.
We sure have been stalling time here. But, of course, they have to keep us busy even though we’re not accomplishing anything. We had a division parade for General Leer, the commander of the army ground forces yesterday and the rest of our time has been spent just going over basic subjects. This morning we spent an hour seeing training films so you can see we are just filling up time. This is the first time this has happened for several months. In fact, I don’t remember having more than one or two training films since the first 4 or 5 weeks we were here.
I was sure glad to get your weekend letter yesterday. I guess I get a little anxious for letters but it does seem a long time before Wednesday gets here and they start coming. But after they once start I get two or three in almost as many days. I’ll be on the lookout for the box but it hasn’t arrived yet.
I’ll bet the PW’s are a great sensation in Orestes. But around an army camp you see them so much and so often that you hardly think anything about it. I wonder if they are German or Italian prisoners or what.
I am anxiously waiting to hear how the football game came out. It looks by the papers like Richard is in it up to his ears this time. Have last year’s sweaters come yet??
Daddy doesn’t need to worry about writing too much about school because that makes just as interesting reading to me as anything else. I am glad to hear any kind of news.
There sure is a lot of preparation going on around here for leaving but it seems that we are no nearer to it than we were two or three weeks ago. I suppose when it does come it will be so suddenly that it will surprise us. I guess I’ll have to send my dress shoes home in the next few days and that’s one thing I sure hate to do. I’ve enjoyed them a lot in the last four months and I hope I’ll be able to send for them when we reach our stopping place.
Well it looks as if my time is about up so I’ll try to write a little more tonight. I think I’ll go to a show just to be doing something a little out of the ordinary. I don’t think there is an especially outstanding show on but the recreation is worth something. It does get a little on your nerves to never have any change of scenery.
Night,
Well I about said my speech so I guess this will be more of a closing than anything else. I didn’t get the box again tonight but no doubt its just as well or better that way. I still have something to look forward to.
We’ve got a big day ahead of us tomorrow. Our platoon made the highest grade in the regiment on these tests a few weeks ago so now we’ve got to pay for it. We got to run some kind of problem tomorrow for a bunch of high officers.
Hope everything is well with you.
Love, Donald
I cut it sort of shortcut I would run out so soon it would just be a waste to start a new page.
Goodnight.