| dc.description.transcription | 6-19-43Dear Folks,I believe that the last time I wrote you, I promised that another letter would follow soon. Well, about the time soon came around, I started taking tests, having guard duty among a few other things, so I didn’t have time until just now. We aren’t doing anything in the afternoon now but loafing. Classes are over for a couple of days so while the upper classmen are shipping out and changes of all sorts are being made there is nothing else for us to do but drill or loaf and since my squadron Is the crack squadron of the part we get to loaf. Of course we are supposed to study our Student Regulation, the book that we live by around here, but you know, “me and Rollen,” we’d rather loaf. Oh yes, that reminds me of something. Mama, you said that you heard that Rollen was getting his wings, but it seemed awfully quick to you. He was getting his gunners wings, not the kind that I am trying for. So Amy is afraid that if I flunk that I will find myself marching into Berlin. Well tell her not to worry her pretty head about it because I am in the Air Corps for the rest of my life, even after the war is over I’ll be a reserve in the air corps. And besides that I really haven’t flunked yet. Sixty is flunking and I haven’t made below seventy but once. A grade of seventy will help you from going offthe post but it is not flunking. Most of my grades have been around 80 anyhow. So don’t worry.Mama, Carl Hathaway’s parents came to see him and they said that they found their visit quite satisfactory, so maybe I will charge my mind. Mr. Hathaway works for the Railroadso they had no trouble getting train reservations. Perhaps you will. The main thing is getting a place to stay. The only way that you can get reservations is to write for them. They just won’t give them to local people or soldiers, they had rather have out of town and state business. Carl tried for a month to get them reservations but had no luck. Mr. Hathaway wrote for them and got them. There are lots of other problems to be settled before you could decide to come up. So if you and Papa can get off and you want to, and everything else can be worked out. Come on.I’ll probably be here for two more months so there is still time. I’ll copy the names and addresses of some hotels out of the phone book that you can write to.Andrew Jackson Hotel 6thAve. NorthHermitage Hotel 6thAve. North _____________________________________________________________________________________Sam Davis Hotel 132 7thAve North____________________________________________________________________________________If you can get reservations at any of them you can at one of these. Mr. Hathaway seemed very pleased with the Sam Davis.Write me and let me know of your actions and thoughts. It’s almost time to eat so I’ll quit.Love, Joe | |
