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« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2020, 09:45:23 AM » |
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« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2020, 09:50:01 AM » |
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Letter home from a farm kid who 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 Minch by 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 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 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 Silver 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
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« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2020, 10:03:54 AM » |
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that farm kid story is a good one especially since a female. Too bad a few farm kids in our school could not go out for football strong as an ox, but had to hurry home after school to work on the farm.
Not too many farm kids got to go out for sports back then. Our center in football was a farm kid, about the only one vs. us city folks. Not sure his parents liked it though going out for football vs. helping out more so on the farm.
As a freshmen in high school we had a brute female in our class that went out for boys football freshmen year only since freshmen had their own team not going against sophomore thru seniors. She held her own but got razzed too much by the guys so quit halfway thru unfortunately. Not sure the shoulder pads would have fit her anyways with the front top half as she developed her top half in the next 3 years to come.
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Patrick
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« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2020, 10:52:57 AM » |
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Letter home from a farm kid who 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 Minch by 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 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 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 Silver 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
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« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2020, 11:05:48 AM » |
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I married an Alice, might be the same one. I'd ask her but, I'm afraid she would kick my butt.  Rams  |
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« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2020, 05:25:22 AM » |
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I married an Alice, might be the same one. I'd ask her but, I'm afraid she would kick my butt. Rams The story was funny but your reply really made me laugh...that’s some funny stuff. Good for you. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2020, 06:45:50 AM » |
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A lot of truth in the humor. I was a farm kid and can tell you Army basic was a breeze, humorous really at some of the antics going on. Never ate so well, gained 10 lbs.  |
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« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2020, 08:55:31 AM » |
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A lot of truth in the humor. I was a farm kid and can tell you Army basic was a breeze, humorous really at some of the antics going on. Never ate so well, gained 10 lbs. Navy Boot Camp was a breeze also. Having grown up under the authority of a Dad who raised his three boys like a boot camp probably gave me an advantage though. I don't remember gaining any weight, but I might have. What I do remember is a lot of guys who just couldn't adjust to eating quickly. |
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