April 23, 1942
April 23, 1942
Ft. Lewis, Washington
Dear Folksies,
Yesterday we practiced “dry firing” in the morning then walked two miles to the firing range, and each shot 15 shots with rifles from the prone position. Most were better than we expected to be.
April 19, 1942
April 19, 1942
Ft. Lewis, Washington
Dear Folksies,
We really don’t need an alarm clock to be up at 6 A.M., because of Father Clark, otherwise known as the “Padre”, gets up at about 5:45 A.M. by alarm clock, to go to the nearby church to say Mass, and most of us are awakened while he is getting dressed.
April 15, 1942
April 15, 1942
Ft. Lewis, Washington
Dear Folksies,
Yesterday we learned marching, facing, etc. and also how to clean our rifles and our brass insignia. Today we took a short hike and then had a demonstration of field sanitation methods.
