Dear Mother and Dad,
Have you received my money order yet? Haven’t had a single letter from anyone for two days-this mail system is lousy. A few days ago I received a folder from St. Thomas and one from Butler’s. It was nice to read the names of my old friends. Gosh! There are a lot of fellows from St. Thomas in the service. I hope when I come back-I will be able to see all my friends once again. We certainly could have fun talking about our experiences, couldn’t we.
We are flying about an average of three periods a day now. Boy-when I hit the bed at night I’m asleep before I pull the covers over me. I certainly could use Mrs. Driscoll here. Every day we house clean our rooms. Dust mustn’t be found anywhere. The inspecting officer knows the places to look for it too. If we aren’t on our toes we will get gigged for almost anything. We are becoming accustomed to this place now-so it isn’t as hard as it used to be. Seven more washed yesterday-darn it-our school classes are getting smaller each day. At the beginning we didn’t have enough seats but, now, there are two full empty rows out of five. Gosh! I certainly hope I can make it. Especially for you-I’m having a little trouble with some new maneuvers but, hope to master them soon.
Wish me luck, darlings and write soon-your letters meant so much to me-that’s why I’m trying so hard to answer them all.
Your loving son,
Jim