Smyrna times., 1943-11-11
D BLES
FROM
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
David C. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
by

David G. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
San Antonio, Texas
Dear Dribbles:
1t seems to have become sort o1
a habit with many of the Boys III
the Service, when they move to a
new camp to write in and tell of
the kind of lives they live at their
particular post. So, I'm stringing
along with the rest of my Buddies
Without a doubt, pre-f1ight is
keeping me more occupied than any
other place 1 have been stationed
since re-entering the Service. Well
be here for nine weeks, two of
which have passed by already.
And, although the class system is
no more, we're considered as un-
derclassmen for our first four and
one-half weeks. An underclassman
wears a red name tag, thus the
name "red taggers."
During this four and one-half
weeks we're allowed two "open
hills"-days in which we have no
classes, and are allowed to go any
place on the post.
! When we become upper class
men, We'll get four days off, at
which time we can go into San An
tonic. These six days, during the
course, are. our only vacations. We
even go to classes on Saturdays
and Sundays.
Our schedule is as follows:
600 a. m. to 800 a. m. Eat
breakfast, do our house-cleaning.
800 a. m. to 900 a. m.: Study
Code.
900 a. m. to 1000 a. M: Study
Mathematics.
1000 a. m. to HOO a. M: Study
Maps, Charts, Aerial Photography.
HOO a. m. to 1900 Noon: Rec
ognition of Naval Vessels.
1900 Noon to 100 P. M: Eat
Dinner.
100 p. m. to 800 p. M: Physical
Training.
800 p. m. to 400 p. M: Health
Lecture.
400 p m. to 500 p. m.: Drill,
Parades on Tuesday and Thursday.
$50 pm. to 500 p. M: Eat
Supper.
$50 p. m. to 8:15 p. M: Free
time. We can go to the movies, or
p. x, or write letters.
8:15 p. m. to $3.50 p. M; Study
period.
$50 p. m. to 1000 p. M: Free
time.
1000 p. M: Taps.
From the above, you can perhaps
understand why am sometimes a
bit late in answering letters at
times.
We were wearing shorts until
about month ago. 1t gets very
chilly here at nights and in the
early morning. We're now wear
ing our Glass A, or suntan uni
forms.
This about covers pre-fight
school. It's mostly work little
play.
1 haven't heard from many of
my Buddies lately, but 1 suppose
their time is even more occupied
than my own. So I'll say to guys
like Hutch, ,"Bob Bell, Pete Staats
Ray Smith, Spec" John Melvin
Resa Walton, Jimmie and Fletch
Truax, "Huffy"-"good going fell
lows. Maybe I'll have the chance
to help you soon."
I'll see you all,
Ronnie
A-C Ronald A. Grier
A. S. N. 20257260
Group E, Squadron 43
Wing 1
A.A.F.P.F.S.-(P)-S.A.A.C.C.
San Antonio, Texas
Well, young fellow. Tell the
world, you are surely putting out
in your Uncle's Army Air Force
School. I don't suppose that it
would make the program any cas-
ier to point out that it is such
schooling as you are going through
which makes the U. S. Army Air
Force one fthe greatest bunch of
fighting men in this world. 1t does
even more than most people be-
lleve. With such training, our air
men have more than an edge on
the enemy air pilots. This is shown
IN the losses that are sustained NV