{"id":3725,"date":"2018-12-01T07:16:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T13:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=3725"},"modified":"2018-12-01T07:20:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T13:20:14","slug":"january-27-1944-lemoore-california","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/basic-flight-training-december-1943\/january-27-1944-lemoore-california\/","title":{"rendered":"January 27, 1944, Lemoore, California"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\r\n Tom has completed his required flying hours for Basic Flight Training<\/a>. He’s heard rumors of some three day passes, but nothing is certain. He’s writing just to his dad, because his stepmother, Cleda, has returned to Greenville while his dad remains in Chicago. \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>Wed. night. 1-26-44<\/p>\n
\"January<\/a>
January 27, 1944, Lemoore, California, Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dear Dad,<\/p>\n

Jest time for a short note before bed. I want to thank you for the envelopes, I think I like the large ones better than the small. I am glad you received the picture and the one you liked the best.<\/p>\n

I finished up my flying for basic today. I got alittle over my required no. of hours. All together I have 150 hours, my log book is gradually filling up. However, I still feel as if I know very little about flying. I guess it is a pretty good thing because they say as soon as you are no longer afraid or feel that you know it all is when you bust your fanny. I don’t know what they are going to do with us because we still have a couple of weeks here with nothing to do. We have been hearing rumors that we will get a three day pass. If so I plan on going to L.A. and visit Aunt Molly. We have been getting more sack time (sleep) lately but still everyone is tired. I guess it grows on you after awhile.<\/p>\n

\"AAF<\/a>
AAF Form No. 5S December 1943 Through January, 1944<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Say, I have been noticing all the things your hotel has in it by the stationary. When April comes and if we really do get a leave I know where I can keep in condition. You haven’t spent any time in the gym have you?<\/p>\n

\"January<\/a>
January 27, 1944, Lemoore, California, Page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wanted to ask you about how you wanted me to fix your address in case the army wanted to reach you. I think I could just tell them in the tactical office and give them the hotel address as temporary, because it is a pretty big job to get it changed on all your papers and also have your dog tags changed. Let me know because I didn’t know for just how long you were planning on keeping your present address.<\/p>\n

Well it is about bed time so had better close. Tell the folks hello.<\/p>\n

With love,<\/p>\n

Tom<\/p>\n

\"January<\/a>
January 27, 1944, Lemoore, California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wed. night. 1-26-44 Dear Dad, Jest time for a short note before bed. I want to thank you for the envelopes, I think I like the large ones better than the small. I am glad you received the picture and the one you liked the best. I finished up my flying for basic today. I … Continue reading January 27, 1944, Lemoore, California<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1686,"menu_order":5650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3725","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-from-tom-cartmell-to-doctor-cartmell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3725","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=3725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3730,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3725\/revisions\/3730"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}