Be all you can be

[Dick]

BE ALL YOU CAN BE !!!!!


REDNECK FARM KID
in the Marine Corps


Dear Ma and Pa,

I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother
Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile.
Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled.


I was restless at first because you get to stay in bed
till nearly 6 a.m. But I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt
and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine
some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to
split, fire to lay.
Practically nothing.


Men got to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm
water. Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal,
eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak,
fried eggplant, pie and other regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer
you can always sit by the two city boys that live on coffee. Their
food, plus yours, holds you until noon when you get fed again.
It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much.

We go on 'route marches,' which the platoon sergeant
says are long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my place
to tell him different. A 'route march' is about as far as to our
mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back
in trucks.


The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot.
The Captain is like the school board. Majors and colonels just ride
around and frown. They don't bother you none.




This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I
keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why.. The bulls-eye
is near as big as a chipmunk head and don't move, and it ain't
shooting at you like the Higgett boys at home. Al l you got to do is
lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own
cartridges They come in boxes.



Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat
training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real
careful though, they break real easy. It ain't like fighting with
that ole bull at home. I'm about the best they got in this except for
that Tug Jordan from over in Silver Lake .. I only beat him
once... He joined up the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6' and 130
pounds and he's 6'8' and near 300 pounds dry.




Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before
other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.

Your loving daughter ,




Alice

[smed]

:-]

Only one problem... be all you can be is an army slogan!

[Dick]

Hi SNED!


I have a question for you:
The coin in the link, (http://www.canadiancoin.com/)
is a 1913 50 cent piece. It says "Fuerzas Constitucionaliatas, and has no MM, (that I could see).
I think it is Revolutionary, but have no idea as to which state might have minted it. This is right down your alley, so I thought I'd ask.
In case the link doesn't work, it is the CCRS site. I can copy the OBV, and REV, if necessary.
TIA,

[coop]

You would never guess what Alice gave them when they asked for a stool sample?
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/STOOL_SAMPLE.jpg

[Dick]

Hi Coop!
What are you getting for "Christmas"?
I'd ask for my two front teeth, but what good would they be, without all the rest?

[coop]

Just the usual. A six pack of lumps of coal. LOL

[Dick]

Anthracite, or Bituminus?