Dear Mother,
Well today is Tuesday. Nothing much has happened since last Sunday. However, I did see Al Brigham. He got out of the hospital last week and will be leaving for Shephard Field very soon. It seems as though he has calcium spots on his lungs. Therefore he is considered unfit for flying duty.

Got a letter from Mary Jo today and will answer it tomorrow. By the way, did you ever get that $60.00 that I sent home? As yet I haven't sent my clothes home and I will write you a letter informing you of such action before I do send them home. I haven't as yet obtained a suitable container for the mailing.

I was on guard duty yesterday, so didn't have much time for writing. Ask Dad - he'll tell you what guard duty is like. I'd rather be on K.P. ten days straight rather than have guard duty just once. That's all that I can say about it.

Have you heard anything more about Bill Wally? I hope that he is O.K. Also I noticed a new shipment of fellows coming into squadron 104 today, and among them was a fellow from U.C. that I just recognized. Evidently all the reserves weren't called at the same time.

I think that I'll be heading for pre-flight somewhere near the nineteenth of April. That's quite a nice day for moving, isn't it? Many of the navigators and bombardiers are leaving this week. Jim Morris is one of them. Out of all this, the S.A.E.'s that came down here with me, all were G.D.O., except Don Leugeusan and myself. However, there is an S.A.E. from Purdue in my barracks. Quite naturally, he's a swell fellow.

Well, it's time for some sleep now, so I'll sign off for a while.

So...

Lots of love,
Jack

p.s. I'll write Dad tomorrow and tell him about Saturday's experience at Randolph Field.

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