Milford chronicle., 1943-04-09
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
A WAAC

u dAACC AOA tLC . f1AlAAI EluA
iliary Corps, writes interestingly o.
D her life in the Army.
C Coz, Regt. 21
r 3rd WAAC Training Center
. Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Dear Dad:-
l It's after flights out" but I'm sit
l ting here on my foot locker using
! the light from the stairs. This Army
is swell. When I wrote you my
first letter l was sorta homesick,
but not any more. really do like
t it. really hit the jack pot on
mail today. Three letters in the
same mail. In Chuck's letter he
seems to be doing o. X. for him
self-one of the top ten in his
class. I'm so proud of him. had
to laugh at all the advice to peo-
pie in the service he gave me. /
had heard it all before and so far
haven't infringed on any of the
rules. l haven't even gotten a gig
yet for sloppy-made bed, shoes out
of line or unpublished, or any of the
million little other things the in
specting officers notice. A lot of
the girls have, though. We get up
at 600, fall out in formation for
revielle at 6:25, then fall out for
mess about $50. In the time in
between you have to make your
bed, sweep, try to get your face
washed land believe me you hard
ly have time for it alb. Then if
your squad is on special duty you
have to get that done, too. 1t GER
tainly keeps you moving in the
morning. After breakfast we are
free till about 7:45 when we fall
out for classes. They are about 40 |
minutes long and last from $500 |
till 1880 in the morning. Then we
fall out for mess and back to class
again at 100. Our courses are
Safeguarding Military Informa-
tion," Wearing and Care of Uni
forms" Organization of the Army
and the WAAC." CLOSE Order
Drill" (this for about an hour and
a half and The Articles of War"
It's quite interesting and l love it.
Tomorrow and every Friday there
after we have tests on the weeks
work. My four weeks basic train
ing actually started on Monday, so
l guess I'll be here until the first
or so of April. l really want to get
into communications but you have
little to say about where you go.
I'll go to special school from here.
A whole mob moved out today for
Administrative School in Texas.
Some of the kids have had X. p.
already. And they say it is pretty
tough You report at 5:55 and
you're there steady. really working
until 7:30 at night. / had charge
of quarters today. Sunday l went
to Chattanooga. which is only about
25 miles away with a friend of
mine. She was a physical educa-
tional teacher before she came in.
We went to the Methodist Church
afternoon. The women were
having a tea for any of the WAACS
that would come. 1t was lovely and
we met some awfully nice people.
We are free Theoretically from
noon till Monday MORN
ing at 800. After the tea Mary
and l had dinner and shOpped
around a little. We came back by
bus, which costs 25 cents a round
trip. and then went to the Service
Club. There is a grand dance floor,
a juke box, ping pong room, and
coffee, coca cola and doughnut
shop. This fort was built in 1902
and was originally a cavalry post.
It's right in the Chickamauga Ma
tional Park, so it's really quite
pretty. 1t covers 600 acres and dur
ing the last war was used as an
camp for aliens and
prisoners. Yesterday the Colonel
reviewed the WAACS on the parade
ground and what a sight! The best
was the color bearers and
it was thrilling. The WAAC band
played and they are really good.
We stood retreat right there,
to the band and all. To-
day Brigadier General Faith of the {
ith Service Command was here
and we all marched past him by
as we went to p. NJ. {
classes. Very military. l love the {
drilling. I'm on the fourth squad
which means I'm one Of the pivot
points in column right-march." |
1ur C. o. says we really look good l.
or a group that's only been march
ng a week All of the teachers are
NAAC lieutenants and they are
:alled by the Army and they are
,alled by the Army grades here at
he post. We stand at attention
very Saturday A. NJ. for formal L
Inspection in front of our opened
oot lockers, while they give ev- r.
rything the once over, including
is, from our very important mo =,
lair touching the collar" hair dos L
mines all pinned up) to our high o
v polish shoes. We even have to
lign our toes on one board. You
ant beat this Army discipline. l
ike the RECOMMENDATION. hope Mary o
katherine likes it as well, only,
f course. she'll be an officer, and
says in the book "all officers of
II branches of the service, in
luding allied nations have to be
aluted," so that means I'll have G
, salute her. Some fun! l get :.
lenty of practice, believe me.
Veil, it's 1910 and l must get to
ed so I'll get some sleep before
90 A. NJ.
It's rained only two days. and =,
hat mud! 1t is a job scrubbing !
our galoshes every night and TAX
lg them off every time you come
|, the barracks. It's been quite S,
Did here. but it is warming up
ow. l went to the Post movies
Ist night in just my jacket and
zirt and was comfortable. l saw
Random Harvest" finally, after {
issing it home, and loved it. 1t &,
&c only fifteen cents. too. EVERY =