November 13, 42
We got up this morning on the run and finished on the run, heard lectures this morning then went right after lunch on a nice long hike to heaven knows where out North somewhere and circled around and came in from the West but surprise of surprise you can’t guess who we heard lecture today: Lew Ayres; and he was wearing corporal stripes and he gave a lecture that would outshine three fourths of the commissioned officers I have heard speak and he sure shows signs of being very well educaed, good English, manners, personality, pleasing smile and all the other things that go to make up a very nice person and he sure is a very active person. I would sure like to know him, he gave a lecture on the hospital ward, the adjourning rooms personnel and other part of the hospital.
The clothes we were issued consist of 2 pairs dress pants, 2 dress shirts, the same of the sun tan shirts and trousers, 2 pairs shoes, 1 rain coat, 1 overcoat, 1 dress coat, 1 black and 2 tan trio – 3 pairs socks white, 3 tan pairs, 3 each underwear. Then we have 2 tan caps and 1 wool dress cap, the garrison cap as it is called. We have to buy later (the one with the beak on it) also the heavy belt. Then we have what they call a field jacket of a padding in the middle, lined and both zipper and buttons up the front. Then of course a pair of wool gloves which sure come in handy. Then they say we have some wool ones on the way which might come in handy. Then we have two --- of a loose type of work clothes which we wear all the time unless on special occasions. The sun tans air for summer.
I just now heard that Warren won the election in California. The papers that we have here, even the Dallas and Fort Worth papers, are very dull. One headline and that is about all but we do not have time to read them any how so it does not make much much difference out here in the sticks.
Yes, Melton Stumfield was pcpt at Fort MacArthur for two weeks. There he was going to be sent to air corps field somewhere. There is no no one here that I can know very well but there are some that I know by sight. But there is not to awfully many that I would care to know too well and besides I do not think it would pay to know too many because your ‘chances’ are well not be sent (?) the same please when we leave here.
The Bn you were wondering is Bn, stands for Battalion. We are known here as M.R.T.C.Medical Replacement Training Center.
Any questions I have not answered in this letter, I will answer the next; if I don’t get this mailed I will never get it to you.
Goodbye for now, mother
Your son Stanley
PS: Received your letter today and Marshall’s. He talks about where he* is, what will he think of where I am.
Full address
US Army
Company A “-62” Medical Training Battalion - only it is abbreviated on envelope
Camp Barkeley
Texas
We got up this morning on the run and finished on the run, heard lectures this morning then went right after lunch on a nice long hike to heaven knows where out North somewhere and circled around and came in from the West but surprise of surprise you can’t guess who we heard lecture today: Lew Ayres; and he was wearing corporal stripes and he gave a lecture that would outshine three fourths of the commissioned officers I have heard speak and he sure shows signs of being very well educaed, good English, manners, personality, pleasing smile and all the other things that go to make up a very nice person and he sure is a very active person. I would sure like to know him, he gave a lecture on the hospital ward, the adjourning rooms personnel and other part of the hospital.
The clothes we were issued consist of 2 pairs dress pants, 2 dress shirts, the same of the sun tan shirts and trousers, 2 pairs shoes, 1 rain coat, 1 overcoat, 1 dress coat, 1 black and 2 tan trio – 3 pairs socks white, 3 tan pairs, 3 each underwear. Then we have 2 tan caps and 1 wool dress cap, the garrison cap as it is called. We have to buy later (the one with the beak on it) also the heavy belt. Then we have what they call a field jacket of a padding in the middle, lined and both zipper and buttons up the front. Then of course a pair of wool gloves which sure come in handy. Then they say we have some wool ones on the way which might come in handy. Then we have two --- of a loose type of work clothes which we wear all the time unless on special occasions. The sun tans air for summer.
I just now heard that Warren won the election in California. The papers that we have here, even the Dallas and Fort Worth papers, are very dull. One headline and that is about all but we do not have time to read them any how so it does not make much much difference out here in the sticks.
Yes, Melton Stumfield was pcpt at Fort MacArthur for two weeks. There he was going to be sent to air corps field somewhere. There is no no one here that I can know very well but there are some that I know by sight. But there is not to awfully many that I would care to know too well and besides I do not think it would pay to know too many because your ‘chances’ are well not be sent (?) the same please when we leave here.
The Bn you were wondering is Bn, stands for Battalion. We are known here as M.R.T.C.Medical Replacement Training Center.
Any questions I have not answered in this letter, I will answer the next; if I don’t get this mailed I will never get it to you.
Goodbye for now, mother
Your son Stanley
PS: Received your letter today and Marshall’s. He talks about where he* is, what will he think of where I am.
Full address
US Army
Company A “-62” Medical Training Battalion - only it is abbreviated on envelope
Camp Barkeley
Texas
*Note from the transcriber: Marshall was an Asian-American neighbor whose family had been sent away to the camps. Marshall would eventually join the military also and be trained at BYU in languages.
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