Sgt Stanley W Safford
39539976
5th
Auxiliary Surgical Group
Dodd
Field
Ft
Sam Houston
Texas
November 14, 1943
My dearest Mother:
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I
wonder the reason for the letter returning from Lloyd. It seems funny that someone over there does
not know where he has gone.
Yes
the fire at McKinley must have been quite a display. Miss Mosher told me of the change in name
when I was home. Might just as well
since it is all black anyway.
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Monstera Deliciosa - by Milhafre
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The
clipping about the vine at Huntington
Library was very interesting. They
do not bloom until very old and they very seldom and after blooming they have a
very delicious large fruit that is when they get the name Monstera Deliciosa. They are a tropical vine of the Philodendron family. The place (mortuary) on Manchester was just a
new one also wasn’t it? I think it was
the one that they built while I was still home any bodies lost or anything of
that type.
If
Richard
Miner was an engineer he would be more than a Buck Sergeant.
The
last few days here have been quite warm and today or rather yesterday it
clouded up and then this morning it started to rain a little and then
stopped. But it is still trying very
hard. We have needed rain for quite a
while and I hope it rains some more.
The
German prisoners were signing again
this morning. They certainly have good
voices and can sing in good unison together.
Well,
yesterday my clerk in here finally went to school and that leaves me here on
the P&T office alone but it will not be so bad for we have already sent 65
on Detached Service and there are
more to come which of course will not hurt my feelings any. Less work then. And next week I will be
starting to work on a sand table for Major
Grubin which will be fine and something difficult than this down here in
the office. I can do that part of the
time when I am not busy in here. This
Major I have now is never here any more than to sign things once in a while and
that is all he knows how to do anyway, so just as well he isn’t her to bother
me in my work.
I
just finished destroying some old records that we had here of people that have
gone from the organization for one reason or another. One of them made out a few checks which he
did not have the funds to back so they put him (in) the hospital and finally
gave him a Section eight Discharge
(Mental disability discharge) and he was just as sane as I am. One of the others had ulcers and a couple others
were disliked by the 1st Sergeant and he managed to get rid of them and they
were glad of it.
The
other evening we had oysters for supper and they were really good so a few of
them made pigs of themselves on them and were sick a couple days. This afternoon I and a friend went into town
for a seafood dinner and came home afterwards.
We
had lobster which was very good. I
always enjoy going out and taking in a good meal and perhaps an entertainment
on Sundays.
Tomorrow
the Col. will return and the officers will then turn back and get busy again. They have been lazy since he has been gone on
his furlough the last few weeks. And
just try and get one of them down to business.
It is impossible for them to do it.
It gives me a great laugh all their front and the rest of their front
ideas for behind it all they are never original and it is always someone else’s
idea. This one of mine always approves
of all my ideas as they were his own. He
just can’t be bothered with thinking about thinking or bothering with anything
that he might have to exert himself on.
The
other night on bivouac someone tossed a smoke pot in where the officers were
sleeping so the next morning they restricted everyone from the 1st
Sergeant down until the culprit or parties were found and finally a couple of
them admitted it and they kept them here and let the rest go. I can remember a while back on the last
bivouac when a couple of the drunk officers thought it was funny to do the same
to the enlisted men.
Well
the night is getting older and I have some more work to do and will write again
soon.
As
always lots of love to you mother,
Your son
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