Dearest Jessie,
I'm glad we got to talk for that short while. I'm anxious to see how tomorrow goes. We all pile into a spiffied up cattle trailer like we're a bunch of cows to travel over to where Basic Combat Training takes place. I wonder how hard it will actually be. We watched a video of actual footage from Fr. Sill - the gas chamber looks pretty crazy. Supposedly everything in your nose, eyes, and throat just go crazy. Privates were coming out with all kinds of junk coming out of their nose and mouth. I heard that you can feel it on your skin burning.
I will miss the friends that I have met here. There are some pretty cool people - just plug your ears to some of their language. We were separated into our platoons that we will have over in Basic and no one that I really got to know was put in my platoon. They did it alphabetically so we didn't have a choice.
Have I told you about Grandpa Frogley's watch yet? Well it has a brown leather band on it and it is very hot here in Oklahoma so my wrist sweats a lot. The watch band soaks up the sweat and sits at night. I tried to soak in in soapy water but now it smells even more weird. So I just keep it in my pocket where it won't get any worse.
We have to get up at 3:30 tomorrow to deep clean the barracks before we take off. Did I tell you that the phone is totally broken now? It does not work at all. So if you could figure out what I could or should use that would be great. I might be able to buy one here. At AIT I think we get the weekends off. So I could buy one down here.
My back has been hurting quite a bit because of all the stationary waiting hours on end. We get put in formation and then wait and wait and stand without moving at all - I guess - agitates my back pretty good.
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