Nov. 21, 1943
Sun. 10:15 P.M.
Dear Folks:
Well I got my first letter from you folks today. I also got that light plug. Now I can sit right on my own bed and shave. I’ll tell you how hard they are to get. I went into every hardware store in town and a couple ten cent stores but not one of them had what I wanted.
What a life! About all we do is lay around all day. Today was one of our busiest days yet. We went in the oxygen chamber this morning. We went to what would correspond to 38,000 ft. in the plane. Then this afternoon we practiced for a parade we are putting on for some General tomorrow.
I got shots for yellow fever, cholera and typhus. And we made out a lot of papers etc. and had about 3 lectures and that’s all we’ve done so far. We haven’t even been having P.T. but I think we will have one hour per day from now on.
I know I’m getting mighty tired of this laying around. I had 10 days of that at home and that was enough, and I now come down here and lay around some more. They could have just as well let me have some more time at home.
But I hear that when we get into our A.T.V. it is really rough. We will work harder than we ever did as cadets so so I hear.
This is a nice place as far as scenery goes. But it hasn’t been too warm until today. Say if Dad’s working that late he might better sell the stuff off so there won’t be so much to do.
Say you might give me a few suggestions of what to get every body for Christmas. Good presents.
While I think of it, remember this if I leave here in a few days and then come back to Dale Mabry field in 2 or 3 months, you can figure that I’m about to go overseas. And I doubt very much if I will get a leave but I may.
Yours truly,
Alva
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