Tom sends a postcard describing his first few days at Santa Ana Army Air Base, where he has just started the “Initial Classification Stage” prior to starting his pre-flight training.
Wed. night
Dear Folks,
You will have to be satisfied with cards for about two weeks because we are plenty busy. The past two days we have been going to lectures, movies, drilling, having calesthenics, etc. Tomorrow we have 8 hrs. of psychological tests and then the last mental test Fri. Then comes the 6-4 physical.
I will try to write a letter this Sun. but we will probably have MM. (a dignified term for K.P. which means mess management.) Don’t take that form letter I sent too much to heart, I will tell you more of the nice things later. We all got a big kick out of that.
Use this address.
Love, Tom.
