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John N. Calhoun family letters, August 1941-February 1946

1941-08-23 Page 3

impossible to avoid.
You'll never know, Mommie, how I used to love to worry about them and I still don't know how I got some of them paid. However, I think things look better now and my one hope for this army business is that by some manner, means or result-it will be a big help in our getting on.
As for the dye trouble, in must have been in some other regiment. If the boys had any sense or their officers had any, they would see that the new [illegible] are either worn first when there is no sweating to amount to much or that they are washed first.
We have shower baths here in the field. In fact, this soldiering is not nearly as bad as I anticipated. The only thing I mind so much is being away from you and the kids.
[Name] is asleep on my cot right here in my tent now. He is getting along OK. He gets so bull-headed some times he just irritates me until I almost want to pound the jelly out of him. Of course he doesn't mean anything by it, but he just takes that attitude.

Harold has been helping with the mail. He is OK but so darn slow. He enjoys hearing from his folks so you might tell them to write him at least twice a week during maneuvers.

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impossible to avoid. You'll never know, Mommie, how I used to love to worry about them and I still don't know how I got some of them paid. However, I think things look better now and my one hope for this army business is that by some manner, means or result-it will be a big help in our getting on. As for the dye trouble, in must have been in some other regiment. If the boys had any sense or their officers had any, they would see that the new [illegible] are either worn first when there is no sweating to amount to much or that they are washed first. We have shower baths here in the field. In fact, this soldiering is not nearly as bad as I anticipated. The only thing I mind so much is being away from you and the kids. [Name] is asleep on my cot right here in my tent now. He is getting along OK. He gets so bull-headed some times he just irritates me until I almost want to pound the jelly out of him. Of course he doesn't mean anything by it, but he just takes that attitude. Harold has been helping with the mail. He is OK but so darn slow. He enjoys hearing from his folks so you might tell them to write him at least twice a week during maneuvers.