Jim at Lakeland Field, Florida
Gladys at Hotel Guyon, Chicago
Dear Gladys,
Received your letter this evening and was glad to hear from you again.
Yesterday we had a big inspection. Had officers of all different rank here from the Inspector General’s office in Washington. Everything went over okay and they were well pleased. They told us that we would turn in our field equipment at P.O.E. [point of embarkation] so we won’t be going into a combat zone.
I saw in the paper recently that the Hawks were up in third place. Mother told me about Cully winning another hat [hockey hat trick]. Was glad to get the clipping.
We all got cards to fill out for change of address. When we leave this field, our P.O.E. address will be added on and mailed. Wrote one out for you so when we go, you’ll get it and know we’ve left.
I asked one of our officers if he knew how soon we would be leaving and he said we would be here for a week or so but wouldn’t know how much longer. Our first sergeant said we would be here for payday. Don’t know which is right. Most likely neither one knew.
Sorry to hear Cully got his draft call before he was able to get into a defense job.
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