{"id":1420,"date":"2018-02-07T23:24:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T23:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=1420"},"modified":"2019-03-02T13:22:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T19:22:13","slug":"81-february-15-1945-fresno-california","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/transition-to-p-61-black-widow-fighter-training-november-1944\/81-february-15-1945-fresno-california\/","title":{"rendered":"February 15, 1945, Fresno, California"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#edf2f9;    '>\r\n                            Tom has completed his training and is preparing for his going to Europe to help fight in the war. He describes\u00a0 drinking among his colleagues to deal with the stress of anticipated deployment.\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1421\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/February-15-1945-Fresno-California-Page-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1421 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/February-15-1945-Fresno-California-Page-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"February 15, 1945, Fresno, California, Page 1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 15, 1945, Fresno, California, Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thurs. noon.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Elaine, Stan, Karen and Tom,<\/p>\n<p>I hope you two don&#8217;t have a couple sets of twins or it will take up a couple of lines just for the heading. What I could do though is just put DESKT (Dear E, S, K+T), however that sounds too much like LSMFT<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1420_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1420_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1420_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1420_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1420_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1420_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">LSMFT is the abbreviation for &#8220;Lucky Strike means fine tobacco&#8221;, and advertising slogan for Lucky Strike cigarettes.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1420_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1420_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> and I&#8217;m not selling cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p>At the present time everyone is sitting around waiting to leave. So far no one has broken down but they say you can expect it on the train. I think they are kidding but you can&#8217;t ever tell. A few of the fellows have had so much liquor in them for the past week that I hardly expect them to make the trip, but this is more the exception as we only have a couple of drunkards in the outfit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4247\" style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2LT-Harold-A.-Anderson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4247\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2LT-Harold-A.-Anderson-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"2LT Harold A. Anderson, USAAF\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2LT-Harold-A.-Anderson-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2LT-Harold-A.-Anderson.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2LT Harold A. Anderson, USAAF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am sorry I haven&#8217;t written sooner but our time has been pretty short and we&#8217;ve had a lot to do in it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/andy-harold-a-anderson\/\">Andy<\/a>, has been running around all morning ring to finish clearing the base. I got mine finished yesterday afternoon when he had to go to the dentist. Clearing a post is really a headache, you have to go around to all the different depts. and get their signature on a paper saying that as far as they are concerned you don&#8217;t owe them anything. It usually rains when you are doing this just to make it ,ore interesting. It did yesterday also.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1422\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/February-15-1945-Fresno-California-Page-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1422 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/February-15-1945-Fresno-California-Page-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"February 15, 1945, Fresno, California, Page 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 15, 1945, Fresno, California, Page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Time is passing so I had better close. Give the kids a kiss for me and hope they are both fine.<\/p>\n<p>With love, Tom<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1423\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/February-15-1945-Fresno-California.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1423 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/February-15-1945-Fresno-California-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"February 15, 1945, Fresno, California\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/February-15-1945-Fresno-California-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/February-15-1945-Fresno-California.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 15, 1945, Fresno, California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_1420_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_1420_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_1420_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_1420_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_1420_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_1420_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_1420_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">LSMFT is the abbreviation for &#8220;Lucky Strike means fine tobacco&#8221;, and advertising slogan for Lucky Strike cigarettes.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_1420_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_1420_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_1420_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_1420_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_1420_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_1420_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_1420_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_1420_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_1420_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_1420_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_1420_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_1420_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_1420_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_1420_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thurs. noon. Dear Elaine, Stan, Karen and Tom, I hope you two don&#8217;t have a couple sets of twins or it will take up a couple of lines just for the heading. 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