{"id":2238,"date":"2018-05-06T14:35:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T14:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=2238"},"modified":"2018-11-29T16:00:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T22:00:25","slug":"may-26-1942-evanston-illinois","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/chapter-3-northwestern-university-spring-of-1942\/may-26-1942-evanston-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"May 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\r\n Tom has applied to the Civilian Pilot Training Program at Northwestern, to become trained as a pilot before entering either the army or navy. He’s surprised that his dad agreed with his decision.\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\n

10:00 o’clock<\/p>\n

Mon. night.<\/p>\n

\"May<\/a>
May 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dearest,<\/p>\n

Received your letter today it was swell to hear from you. I would have written over the weekend but Bob B<\/a>. and Cleda were up. We were on the go all the time. Bob is coming up here next year.<\/p>\n

I have signed up for C.P.T.\u00a0<\/a>(civilian pilot training) I will take the physical exam next Sun. morning and if I make it O.K. I will take my elementary training this summer. At the end of 8 weeks I will be able to get my private pilots license. The only hook to the deal is that at the end of my secondary training, which I have to take, I will have to go into the army or navy air corp. Maybe if I am lucky enough as an instructor. I have to take the physical from the navy air corp doctor, I certainly hope I pass it. I was surprised that dad gave his consent but he sent the permit back as soon as he got it.<\/p>\n

\"Student<\/a>
Student fliers with Piper J-3s under the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Congressional Airport. Rockville, Maryland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I received a letter from Buck Ward the other day and the way he talked he is probably on his way to Ireland. It was really a swell letter.<\/p>\n

I really have the work to do next week and then. I have a project due this Wed. over “Antony & Cleopatra” and I haven’t even read the thing yet.<\/p>\n

\"May<\/a>
May 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When is it you are going to St. John’s Military Academy” and why”<\/p>\n

I am expecting to get alot of letters while you are at home. with nothing to do<\/del>. Maybe this last is wrong.<\/p>\n

Honey, I don’t know why it is that we don’t trust one another all the time but as for myself it seems that when I don’t see you for awhile I get imagining things. Maybe this shouldn’t be but I can’t help it.<\/p>\n

I have to go over to Ed’s and study some Chem. so had better close. Don’t expect to hear from me to often in the future because from now on I am going to be going through hell. I wish I like to study.<\/p>\n

With all my love,<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

\"May<\/a>
May 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10:00 o’clock Mon. night. Dearest, Received your letter today it was swell to hear from you. I would have written over the weekend but Bob B. and Cleda were up. We were on the go all the time. Bob is coming up here next year. I have signed up for C.P.T.\u00a0(civilian pilot training) I will … Continue reading May 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2003,"menu_order":96,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2238","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-from-tom-cartmell-to-zoe-foran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3672,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2238\/revisions\/3672"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}