Letters To Home - January 11, 1951

Fort Dix, New Jersey
January 11, 1951

Finally, orders. I leave early Saturday morning for Fort Benning, Georgia. Haggerty, Hansen, Laffey, Tom and most of the rest on this floor are going, too. Laffey has put in for the air bourne, damned fool. Can't imagine him jumping out of anything, let alone an airplane. Tyler, in the next squad, has also signed up for jump school, but he's a diffent case, completely. That's about all he talks about, morning-to-night.

Called home to give the glad tidings to the folks. I have a theory. Those that go to Benning won't go to Korea. We'll see.

Have been writing to the girls regularly ever since those fateful service club dances. Called them to break the news, but neither was home. Later, the CQ came to the barracks to tell me I had a phone call. Ended with two.