9-23-1943

Dear Don;
Well its about 0800 and the beginning of another day of the same danged thing. Boy school gets monotonous but I guess it’s worth it to get what it pays off in the end. If the danged C.P.O.s would only forget to wake the bugler up in the morning and let us sleep in for just one or two days it would really be nice but I guess that’s asking too much.
Well, it will only be two more weeks until the end of the first semester. I sure hope I pass my final exams O.K. Only two more semesters after this one and I go to mid-ship-man’s school if I transfer from V-5.
There were a lot of mid-ship-man’s uniforms came in yesterday for the boys leaving this semester & they sure were good looking.
We had a “captains mast” (court trial) yesterday for two boys that “went over the hill.” I don’t know what the c.o. gave them but I guess it was enough. Any guy that thinks he can get away from the Navy is nuts. They only got up into Oregon before the M.P.’s got them.
Boy I hope Houston is better than Poky. All there is in this town is a rail-road and a bunch of greasy Rail Road people. However the college is nice.
I received a letter from Frank Turner the other day—I’ll stick it in here so you can read it.
Well I guess I’ll go to class---
Best of Luck---Bill