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m'JS FROM TI-IE FRONT Dear Mr. Osborne: I thrill-: you very niuch for the " ’’Hoover Rrdl", I rj-.i quite honored to bo included in the list of the boys froni hono, I will tell you something of our orgrriizr,tion* We r.re here to learn a r;x>-n*s job, so v;o cr'ii be of service to our country, by tr.king c. ni?2i’s plr.co, so that he n/'.y be able to (^o to sea* Our ’’Boot Trr.inin£^” vjas five weeks D.onp-: - there we vjoro {^iven nuinerous aptitute tests to detomine the place './e v/ere best suited for - I, along with 200 others, were ncchrjiically inclined, thus preparinf:; for Machinists Mates. After five months traininf^ here, \jc \;ill be able to capably look after airplane motors (Grease monlceys) They asked me where I loaned about tools, and the only thinf I could think of, was when I used to help Ike Pearson clean ’’Travis Hods” on the Spinning; Frames - I always fi^;ure that ?jiycne v^hc ca;i learn to spin, can learn a simple thin^ like a motor, Ivlien we caiae hero on the station, v;e v;ero on our best behavior, due to tlie fact that 12000 men riid officers wore watching us - you know ^irls - we had to show off a little, Our drillinrf was so much better than the men, that the Captain im posed extra drill on them, tlicjr like us thou{.:h, in spite of tha.t. Ao'ain, I thanlc you for your nice paper. I’m sure rJ.]. the boys like it as well as I. Sincerely yours, Ruth (iiamicy) Patterson, S2/c L'ierphis, Te mie sseo VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV Get the little paper yesterday and sure \ii\s ticlded over it. It is the nicest thin^-. I’ve seen ~ None of the boys h^re liave rnythin/-; lil:e it, they all thinl: its a cood ider,. Thanks a million for it. I toiow some of the boys nar:ies listed in it - of course most of tlicm have £;rown up since I left there, I nn beginning to lilce the Army better, as I ^’ot used to beinf; on the run all the time - it is pretty tou^jh at first, after beinf.- your ovm boss for so long, I expect tc be here about tv/o rionths yet. My class is supposed to graduate as Fl5’’ing Fortress Mechanics, about the middle of Liarch. The only trouble with a Technical School is that you don’t have a chance to earn a rating uiitil after you graduate. Some of us will leave here and go to the Fly5jig Fortress factory at Seattle, Wash, to see them actually being made - then where to, v/e don't Imow, I’ll sure be glad to got out of Texa.s, the section vjhere vie -are is terrible. There isn’t a tree in sight any,vhere. Tl'ie temperature v/as seven degrees below zero last v/eek - then we had e. dust storm - it seems lil:e an awful place, after living in Florida so long. I’ll have to sign off no\; and get my lessons. My thanks again to a].l of you, who are putting out the ’’Hoover Rail” Your friend, Everett Hastings, Ar.iTj’illo, Texas
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