Biding His Time; Expecting to Be Shipped Out Soon

Dated June 4, 1943; postmarked the same day from Camp Wheeler.

Dear Mom and Pop,

We all had a hard week last week and now we are sort of resting up until we ship out. Do not write to me any more until you hear from me again. You may not get any news from me for quite awhile, so don’t worry. If Aunt Mary hasn’t already sent the package, tell her not to until I get to my next camp.

Last Monday, we went on one of the twenty-four hour problems. We went out about six miles and set up our C.P.’s. That night, we didn’t do any advancing or retreating, but we stayed in the same C.P. all night. We got back about 4:00 Tuesday morning and ate breakfast. We got to bed at 5:30 and got up at 8:00 so we got 2 and ½ hours sleep out of 36 hours. Then we had the day off Tuesday, but as I just told you, we all got up at 8:00 and scrubbed barracks. We got about 4 hours sleep that night. Read more of this post