A LETTER FROM A SOLDIER NOW AT CAMP PENDLETON

[Boedy]

Dear Ma and Pa,
>
>
>Am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the
Marine Corps
>beats working on the farm for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to
join up
>quick before maybe all of the places are filled. I was restless at
first
>because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m., but am getting so
I like
>to sleep late.
>
>Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot
and shine
>some stuff. 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,
they get
>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 between two city boys that live on coffee. Their food
plus
>yours holds you till 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 is
not my
>place to tell him different. A "route march" is about as far as to
our
>mailbox at home. Then the city guys gets sore feet and we all ride
back in
>trucks. The country is nice, but awful flat. The Sergeant is like a
>schoolteacher. He nags some. The Captain is
>like the school board. Majors and Colonels just ride around and
frown. They
>don't bother you none.
>
>This next thang 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 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!
>
>Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other
fellers get
>into this setup and come stampeding in.
>
>Your loving daughter,
>
>Emma
>
>P.S.: Speaking of shooting, enclosed is $200 towards a new barn roof
and Ma
>s teeth. The city boys shoot *****, but not very good.

[STGRule]

:smile:

[1pump]

Nice going, Boedy. You started out your post by calling a Marine "soldier". You're in trouble now. I dig the new avatar, BTW. I'm gonna git before the jarheads show up and tear you a new one. :grin:

[Boedy]

Well you know why the Navy made the Marine Corps don’t you?

It was to give the Navy someone to dance with.
:grin: :grin:

[pdxkevin]

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[O'City Fisherman]

I tell ya. If this does not say it all then Good Bye.. This is to funny. Loved it. Had to send it to my group at work. Got in a little trouble but I used some of the words in it against my boss and he shut right up.. Again to good.

[Degner]

Great post.

[Stz ll]

Excellent post. Also quite humorus. :smile: