Wednesday 9:30am
Dear Folks,
Well I am still here. This makes 9 days for me now. Since I got my second shot this morning I was not put on a regular detail. I worked on several odd jobs such as clean up the grounds, carry bedding, etc. I will have the rest of the morning off, I hope. Monday I did K.P. again. Yesterday morning I worked in the officers’ club (kind of a hotel), cleaning up etc. In the afternoon I went on sod detail. They are sodding the ground again around the sewage disposal plant.
It may seem strange that I should have so many odd jobs, but here is why. After supper we line up and those for K.P. the next day are picked out. Those left then fall out in the morning and again at noon to be assigned to some other job.
I got the papers yesterday noon. I was very glad to get them. I had hoped that you would send the Baptist S.S. paper. Maybe you will read my mind.
Richard asked whether or not I carried a gun when on guard duty. No, I didn’t, but I did have a club. Joe Lewis is supposed to be in the camp tonight to put on an exhibition. I think I will go see him, if I don’t have some job to do.
I don’t think I mentioned yet what kind of food we have. We have plenty to eat and it is almost always good. I hear a lot of grumbling about it but I think they just want to grump about something. Once in a while we even have pie or cake.
Every evening when the shipping list is read I expect to hear my name, but so far I have not been called. As far as I know the last of the bunch that I came with was sent out yesterday.
I ran across a boy the other day from Gary (IN). He said he was a cousin of John and Harrel Lane. I believe his name was Collins. Maybe you can help me figure out how he would be connected.
I had a cold over the weekend, but it is a whole lot better now.
Write,
Donald