North Dakota Farm kid...THIS IS GREAT!
This is funny. Makes me think back during basic training and how naive (dumb) I was . After the first 2 weeks we would shut down at 4:00 and for the most part were done until chow time. I thought a lot of daylight was being wasted.
From: lstraight@venturecomm.net
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Sent: 3/19/2018 8:15:44 AM Central Standard Time
Subject: Fwd: North Dakota Farm kid...THIS IS GREAT!
>>> Hey Cap'n Bob, this is for you.
>>>
>>> Wilhelm
>>>
>>>>>> NORTH DAKOTA FARM KID
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NORTH DAKOTA FARM KID IN THE MARINES
>>>>>> (PARRIS ISLAND MARINE CORPS RECRUIT TRAINING)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> DEAR MA AND PA,
>>>>>> I AM WELL. HOPE YOU ARE. TELL BROTHER WALT AND BROTHER
>>>>>> ELMER THE MARINE CORPS BEATS WORKING FOR OLD MAN MINCH BY A
>>>>>> MILE. TELL THEM TO JOIN UP QUICK BEFORE ALL OF THE PLACES
>>>>>> ARE FILLED.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I WAS RESTLESS AT FIRST BECAUSE YOU GET 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 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 SILVER
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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