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John William Graham letters, July 1945

1945-07-08 John Graham to Mr. & Mrs. William J. Graham Page 1

July 8, 1945
Trinidad
Dear Dad & Mom:
Some goof in the next barracks has come by a trumpet by some means and is now rending the peace and quiet with some mournful tooting. Everybody is griping about it for they cant sleep, seems most of the boys who work nights like to catch a nap after dinner. 
There are a couple of happy soldiers in our barracks as they have signed their discharge papers. They are older men who will get out on the forty year old score. 
Wind has sprung up since I started to write and it's really blowing a gale. Whistles right thru these barracks with no windows in them. it's now raining so probably that will quiet the wind. We only have shutters on one side for the rain invariably comes from that direction. If it would shift we'd all get soaked. I have my bunk in the middle so it wouldnt effect me much, but the bunks along the sides would catch it. 
I'm afraid this base will be a little more military than what I've been used to. Over in Italy the big thing was to put out the work and get results but I'm thinking uniform, military courtesy etc will be stressed more here.

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July 8, 1945 Trinidad Dear Dad & Mom: Some goof in the next barracks has come by a trumpet by some means and is now rending the peace and quiet with some mournful tooting. Everybody is griping about it for they cant sleep, seems most of the boys who work nights like to catch a nap after dinner. There are a couple of happy soldiers in our barracks as they have signed their discharge papers. They are older men who will get out on the forty year old score. Wind has sprung up since I started to write and it's really blowing a gale. Whistles right thru these barracks with no windows in them. it's now raining so probably that will quiet the wind. We only have shutters on one side for the rain invariably comes from that direction. If it would shift we'd all get soaked. I have my bunk in the middle so it wouldnt effect me much, but the bunks along the sides would catch it. I'm afraid this base will be a little more military than what I've been used to. Over in Italy the big thing was to put out the work and get results but I'm thinking uniform, military courtesy etc will be stressed more here.