{"id":583,"date":"2017-09-21T20:30:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T20:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=583"},"modified":"2018-08-02T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T15:59:09","slug":"35-september-2-1943-santa-ana-california","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/primary-flight-training-1943\/35-september-2-1943-santa-ana-california\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2, 1943, Santa Ana, 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 is assigned to C.Q. duty. He discusses the &#8220;Gig&#8221; system and his difficulties with it. He&#8217;ll try again to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/aunt-mollie-smith\/\">Aunt Mollie<\/a> in South Pasadena over the weekend. The Southern California weather is not living up to its reputation. Cold and damp.\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-584\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/September-2-1943-Page-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-584 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/September-2-1943-Page-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"September 2, 1943, Page 1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">September 2, 1943, Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Tues. night.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Folks,<\/p>\n<p>I am surprising you with a letter that I hope you can read. Not only that but Iam surprising you with a letter. I have been trying to write you for the last two nights, but last night I was on detail and the night before that I had to study Naval Identification.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for this typed letter is that I am on C.Q. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_583_1('footnote_plugin_reference_583_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_583_1('footnote_plugin_reference_583_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_583_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_583_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">C.Q. = Charge of Quarters, an administrative task<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_583_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_583_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> for tonight and tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>(Wed. morning)<\/p>\n<p>I got stopped all of a sudden like last night and I had to make out some reports and make bed check, but here it is 800 AM and I don&#8217;t have anything special to do. It really turned cold here this morning and I am just about to freeze. The squadron just left for calesthenics so until the C.O.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_583_1('footnote_plugin_reference_583_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_583_1('footnote_plugin_reference_583_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_583_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_583_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">C.O. = Commanding Officer<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_583_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_583_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> comes I guess there isn&#8217;t anything that says I can&#8217;t finish this letter.<\/p>\n<p>I received the second batch of cookies. I think you are being too good to me but I haven&#8217;t any complaints to make. Thanks alot.<\/p>\n<p>I have hit the jackpot in gigs for this week. I already have nine and the gig week isn&#8217;t over till Thurs. night. This means that I have one tour to walk already and I won&#8217;t get off till about nine o&#8217;clock Sat. night. I think I will go to be early and get up early and go see Aunt Molly Sun. morning.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-589\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Karen-and-Elaine-August-1943.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-589 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Karen-and-Elaine-August-1943-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"Karen and Elaine, August, 1943\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Karen-and-Elaine-August-1943-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Karen-and-Elaine-August-1943.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen and Elaine, August, 1943<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I got four gigs for a dusty floor and then five for talking in ranks. Here they don&#8217;t fool around by giving out just one or two gigs at a time but instead you get the works every time. What a life&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Say those pictures certainly were swell that you sent. No kidding I can&#8217;t picture Karen as having grown so much. I think the hair surprises me more than anything else. and to think that seven months ago when I saw her last she could hardly sit up.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-585\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/September-2-1943-Page-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-585 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/September-2-1943-Page-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"September 2, 1943, Page 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">September 2, 1943, Page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the last couple of days the mornings have really been cold here, and awfully foggy. You get up in the morning and everythng that you touch is damp, including you clothes. To think that some people wtill brag about Calif., but I have come to find out that it is usually the Californians them selves.<\/p>\n<p>Did you ever solve the mystery of how Karen fell out of bed yet? I can imagine how surprised she was when all of a sudden she found her self down on the floor, however, she can now claim that she has something in common with her Uncle Tom.<\/p>\n<p>Stan, thank goodness I am not having to play you for drinks in golf. Personally I doubt it very much if I could even hit the ball and there is no doubt in my mind what I would do at that water hole. You remember when I put about three right in the middle&#8211; well multiply that by about ten or better.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few\u00a0fellows from Tempe here, but not as many as we started with. However, the fellows that are here are really a swell bunch.<\/p>\n<p>Well it seems like I have been forever writing this letter. Hope you aren&#8217;t too disappointed with me for not writing sooner. Enough\u00a0for now.<\/p>\n<p>I had to end the letter awfully quick because the C.O. came in suddenly. Thanks again and I will try to do alittle better in the correspondence line. Give Karen a great big kiss for me.<\/p>\n<p>With Love,<\/p>\n<p>Tom<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-586\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/September-2-1943-Santa-Ana-California.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-586 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/September-2-1943-Santa-Ana-California-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"September 2, 1943, Santa Ana, California\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/September-2-1943-Santa-Ana-California-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/September-2-1943-Santa-Ana-California.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">September 2, 1943, Santa Ana, 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_583_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_583_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_583_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_583_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_583_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_583_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_583_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\">C.Q. = Charge of Quarters, an administrative task<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_583_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_583_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_583_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">C.O. = Commanding Officer<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_583_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_583_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_583_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_583_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_583_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_583_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_583_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_583_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_583_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_583_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_583_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_583_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_583_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_583_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>Tues. night. 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