Dearest Darling
Sweetheart:
How happy I
was this noon when I received your letters of Thursday and Friday.
You wanted to
know about my new job. I have charge of fifteen men and our job is concerned
with the operation of the Company. We do the navigation for the Co. & have
two patrol boats that keep track of all the boats during a boat problem. We
also man the Staff boat. Our job is to check on how the Company is operating.
That is why it is called the Operation Section. There are two Lt. assigned to
my section alone. They are my bosses.
Ordinarily,
two Lts. are in charge of four times as many men. You can see how important our
job is.
No, there are
no more stripes attached to my job. I have gone as high as I ever will in all
probability.
Hey, Fatty,
you better not put too much weight on or I will have a hard time getting my
arms around you.
Maybe I
should explain my organization to you. We have three boat platoons in our
Company. In each platoon there are four Sections that make up the platoon. The
platoon Sergeant is a tech Sgt. The Sect. Sgt. is a Staff Sgt.
We also have
a headquarters platoon. In this platoon is the Communication Sect., Operation
Sect., Maintenance Sect., & the Salvage Sect. Each with a staff Sgt. in
charge and the platoon is handled by a tech Sgt. who is only a mechanic by
trade and is mainly interested in maintenance & salvage.
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"Pier 2 at Camp Gordon Johnston", State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/152794 |
The Operation
& Communication Sgts control their own sections separately. Do you
understand now?
Well, you
will just have to wait for me to get home and explain in person.
Gosh! But I
love you Beautiful. There is very little that I would not do for you, except
one thing. That is to tell you how much money I have. It is not a hundred or
over, and that is all that you get out of me.
...
The rumor is
going around that furloughs are going to start again despite the training
program. Just keep praying.
I love you
and can hardly wait to get home so that I may take you in my arms once more and
love you to my heart's content.
There are
some things that I have to attend to right away, so I will close.
Regards to all
& kiss the babies for me.
Love &
Kisses
Your Husband
Bob
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