Smyrna times., 1943-06-03
DRIBBLES
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know each and every one. You
should have me out to your guard
drills about now. 1 could rest you
up some by giving the boys a real
work -out-the kind they give us
down here. We are made to sweat
plenty.
They wanted to know if I wanted
to try for o. c. S. (officers candi-
dates schooD but told them mo" !"
Not for mel 1 know lot of things
that are a lot easier than that.
Right now, I'm not looking for
work that is any harder than that
which 1 am doing. They are teach
ing us in three months what the
old Army was supposed to learn in
year.
We hear very little news from
here. oJin the Army and hear
nothing of the war. The Post is
very nice, however. We have
stores, barber shops, movies, U.S.O.
and quite a few other places down
here. From this you can see that
we are pretty well fixed to pass our
spare time to advantage. Along
with this, we are given passes to
go into Ell Paso when we are off
duty. 1t is only s miles from the
Post-15 cents by bus. 1 am going
in tomorrow Sunday to see a
baseball game. Later perhaps, l
will go out to the park. 1 went
out there last Sunday and had a
very nice time, even though the
place was filled with Mexicans and
very mixed assortment of people.
Ell Paso is pretty city, that is the
greater part of it. There are many
nice houses, some of them quite old,
some of them new. 1t is only a
short walk from Ell Paso into Mex
leo. Some of the Boys go over
there at times, but our B. G.. won't
allow them to go unless five or
more are together. They must
agree to stay together for the time
they are there. The Mexican town
just across the border is plenty
tough and I have been told that
some of our soldiers have been kill
ed over there. They were killed
and robbed and no one has ever
found out who did it. 1 don't think
I'll go over. 1 don't like knives
that well. Under the circumstanc-
es, I think it would be better to re-
main in the States until the time
arrives to ship us out. This may
happen any time after our Basic
Training is completed.
The thermometer here today is
standing right around "a degrees,
hot and dusty. This is sort of
natural for this part of the country
since it only rains about three
times each year. I have seen only
about five drops of rain since ar
rived here. In place of rain, we
have sand storms quite frequently
and some of them are pretty bad
When the sand starts to blolw, 1t
filters into every crack and Granny
just like light, dry, snow storm
Sometimes it gets into our food and
it naturally goes without saying
our beds. The SouthWet is alright
but I'll still choose Delaware for
mine.
I've heard a lot about the good
looking girls down this way but in
my opinion they don't have a thing
on the home town ladies. We have
about three hundred WAAC's here
in Ell Paso. Some of them are
pretty good looking, some not SO
good. Take the lot as a whole,
they would be classed as medium. "
You might think they were gath
ering of beauties by the way some
of the Boys go after them for a
date.
We'll! I've written lot and
have not said anything either. Fact
is, there is not any news around
here to write about. When you get
this letter, you will have to drop
me line to let me know what is
new around town. By the way, in
your last letter, you did not say
anything about your wife. Do you
still have one? How is she? o. K.
hope.
1 will have to close now, SO write
me soon and often, 1 like lots of let
ters. Tell me how things are going
at the shop.
So until l see you,
f. j. p.
Pvt. Ford j. Powell