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Re: [RC] Marines - Dabney Finch

Bruce, even for you, this is absolutely hysterical. 
 
Thank you for starting my day off ROTFL!
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Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: [RC] Marines

Thought I'd forward this for all to enjoy on Ridecamp, in honor of our birthday boys, the United States Marines.   Bruce Weary 


 Subject: U.S. Marines
 
FROM AN ARKANSAS FARM KID, NOW AT PARIS ISLAND MARINE CORPS
RECRUIT DEPOT

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 maybe
all of the places are filled. I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till
nearly 6 a.m., but am getting so Ilike 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 between two city boys that live on coffee.
Their food plus yours holds you till 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 is 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 country is nice,  but awful flat. The Sergeant is like a
schoolteacher. He nags some. The Capt. 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. He joined up the same time as me. But I'm
only 5'6" and 130  pounds and he's 6'8" and weighs 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, Mary Lou




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