LETTER FROM A FARM KID AT MARINE CORPS TRAINING

[Thunderfoot]

Dear Ma and Pa,
I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine
Corps beats working for old man Larson by a mile. Tell them to join up
quick before all of the places are filled.


I was restless at first because you got 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 country is nice but awful flat 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
Devils 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

[67 ford f100s rule]

ha ha ha. dont that just beat all.

[19674x4]

thats been around the block a couple times. pretty good one

[RedneckTexan]

ROTLMOL!!!!!

[ford4x4fun]

LoL, That was funny till the end... Than it was just a hoot

[bugser]

That was funny til the end, then it was hilarious.

[GHOST]

Thats funny right there, I don't care who you are thats funny

[slim_chance]

That was read to us both times I have deployed by a little old lady that has been giving hugs to all soldiers deploying and returning to Fort Hood for several years. I look forward to seeing her next time since that will mean that I am home. Its a great story.