Darlings,
I didn’t have time to write yesterday because we were dead tired from our trip home. We had quite a time in LA. I bought another pair of pink trousers-$22.50-a beautiful hat $10 and the best yet is the $60 trenchcoat. Boy! It is really a honey-zip out lining and everything. It is a very light gray. I know you’ll like my uniform. It may sound too expensive but, I figure you get what you pay for. I haven’t had time to get my clothes tailored perfectly but, if I do get a furlough I plan to have my whole uniform gone over again in Minneapolis. Please don’t think I have poor fits-you know how fussy I am about clothes. There are just a few wrinkles here and there that I must have removed.
Well, darlings, all the boys are hoping for furloughs now. There is a possibility but, I’m trying to stop thinking about it because if you were planning on something, then, if it doesn’t come it makes it just twice as hard.
Boy! Wouldn’t it be something to hop off an airliner in Minneapolis. I don’t think there is a thing in the world I want more than a furlough and those wings.
We started our gunnery today. Very difficult is all I can say. I never thought that firing a machine gun would be so terrific. Of course hitting a target while moving at approximately 200 mph isn’t easy. I hope I make out OK, but don’t expect too much. We aren’t going to fire live ammunition until we practice our traffic patterns some more. It is not dangerous when the rules are carried out fully.
Well, darlings, my days are much fuller now. None of those lazy mornings anymore. Just plain work all day.
Your loving son,
Jim