January 7, 1944

Sgt Stanley W Safford 39539976

5^th Auxiliary Surgical Group

Dodd Field

Fort Sam Houston

Texas

January 7, 1944

Dear Folks:

Well we are getting some rather chilly weather here tonight and this office is like a barn, the fire went out and I am just now getting I started again from the hot coats in the bottom of the stove.

Was very glad to hear from you in your letter of the 1 Jan. an as always I enjoy the clippings in the letters.  Was very glad to hear from Dad also.

Well I am just about able to see over the top of the work here now and am very glad of that.  My old clerk Johnson is back again and has already done quite a bit of the small things here for me which is a great help.  Altho he very likely will not be accepted for the Air Corps for which I sure don’t blame him, anything to get out of here and away from this mess.

Sgt. Kupfer has been sick the last few days and I have been called on to do a couple things for the colonel, so yesterday he asked me to cut  special order making some reductions in grade etc and the 1^st Sgt is really worried for it is right into his clique, quite a mess.  And they are all after him around here now.

My major told him he had better not hear of him not giving me the fullest amount of cooperation, and he sure does where he sure used to think he was funny by not doing so.  They really have him going now.

How come Maibelle (to) pick(ed) Inglewood Cemetery, that place never did strike me as being so very wonderful.

I, at the present time, owe Nelson a letter and will write so and mail it to the old address.  Surely hope he gets something good out of it.  I think he deserves all that he can get.

I had never heard of discharges for defense work.  The only kind they are giving now are physical of some type or Section Eight (mental).

I have as yet not received a letter from Marshall.  Quite glad to hear of his job, may do him some good afterwards.

Yes I think fort Sam Houston is rather nice compared to lots of others and from the looks of things here now I think we are going to be frozen here for a while yet.  All I done today was to work over the T/O with the major and then turn around and find a note from the Col. drawing my attention to some very complicated forms which are going to be filled out in place of some O already take care of.  He likes to wash his hands off the whole affair, he wouldn’t understand them anyway if he had to fill them out so just as well.  And the Adjutant is no better, with him the more eyewash the better.  He thinks everyone thinks the same as he does as far as displays goes.

I received a letter from Thelma today and one from Mrs. Tedesco yesterday. She is quite well satisfied at being home again and believes she will like it more than the library.

It seems that the more I write the fewer letters I receive.  Jay also owes me one now and I like to keep it that way.

It is getting so cold in here that I think that I will go to bed to get warm.  My writing is terrible since I am so tired and my fingers are cold.

So Good Night!

Take care of yourselves,

As always,

Stanley