| dc.creator | Hays, Joseph Warren | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-02T18:28:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-02T18:28:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1943-07-14 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/40613 | |
| dc.description | Hays talks final exams, family visit, fitness tests. | |
| dc.format.medium | paper | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.relation | Joseph Warren Hays Papers (MS 159) | |
| dc.rights | Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any file. | |
| dc.source | Series I, Box 1, Folder 1 | |
| dc.subject | World War II | |
| dc.subject | United States Army | |
| dc.subject | United States Army Air Corps | |
| dc.subject | Nashville, TN | |
| dc.title | Hays letter to family | |
| dc.type | Document | |
| dc.description.transcription | 7-14-43Dear Folks,The one and only purpose of this letter is to let you know that I can still write, and still have aspirations to.Tomorrow is the last day in Academic D, so we have our finale tomorrow. Frankly I’m not worried a bit. But I am going to make this short & sweet so I and my room mates; except the one that is on guard, can get with those books.About this coming up to see me. You know at first I didn’t want you to come on account of the little time that we could see each other. That idea of mine was put forth without much for thought. I have just been thinking, how much more time we could be together than we could, if I were on an army post. Especially at Pre-Flight to come on!!!!! Papa, I’m not saying this to be a joke. When you coe up I have a business deal I want to talk with you about. It’s a sure five million dollar business after the war.Ruth, your birthday will be probably as late as Iris’s was but it will be there as soon as I can get some time.Enclosed find a picture of me taken about two months ago but just developed. Ruth can “bound” the picture for you. None of the rest of them were any good.The next time Eddie jumps on Weasil give him away to “Wink.” And Papa tell Wink “Howdy” for me and that I am still going to the “Grand Ol’ Opry” sometime and when I do I’ll write him.I went out to the classification center last Sunday afternoon and I saw Jerome, we had a nice visit and he looked fine.I must quit now and start cramming for those blessed test tomorrow.I’ll write in a couple of days when I have more time and the tests are over.My stomach is so sore I can hardly move, we took physical fitness tests yesterday and I did 115 sit ups where as before I had only been able to do 31. I cut 4 seconds off of my shuttle run too. So you can see that I am getting physically fitter all of the time --This last paragraph was an after thought.Love,Joe | |
