Dear Folks,

Just got back from M.M.^[1]MM = Mess Management duty and am one tired boy. One thing is that you get plenty to eat but from 3:30 A.M. to 8:30 P.M. is alittle long to go on just food alone.

Classification comes tomorrow and we get pictures taken and cadet clothing issue to us. I hear we are going on a four day bivouac the end of this week. I don’t specially relish the idea of sleeping on the ground but they say we really get to rough it and let our beards grow.

By this time you are probably looking forward to seeing Elaine and the folks. I got a letter from them tonight and it seems like they were having an awful time trying to pack all of Karen’s stuff.

Love,

Tom