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+7phifer45 ermullis Jeff M kgcyrus bubba53 big mike Pops 11 posters | Author | Message |
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Number of posts : 1259 Age : 65 Location : Baytown, TX Registration date : 2009-02-20
| Subject: Letter to Ma and Pa May 4th 2010, 2:22 pm | |
| West Virginia Farm Kid Joins the Marines
Dear Ma and Pa,
I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minchby 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 sleeping 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.
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. 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 Texas. I only beat him once. He joined up the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6' and 150 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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Number of posts : 114 Age : 56 Location : Petroleum WV. Registration date : 2010-03-28
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Number of posts : 12045 Age : 70 Location : statesville,nc Registration date : 2009-08-29
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Number of posts : 342 Age : 54 Location : kenova wv Registration date : 2009-07-28
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Number of posts : 1777 Location : Moneta Va Registration date : 2009-02-16
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Number of posts : 1376 Age : 64 Location : Hamptonville NC Registration date : 2009-10-21
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Number of posts : 591 Age : 69 Location : Clarksburg, WV Registration date : 2009-02-11
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