Well Al yesterday and today has been the 2 longest days I ever spent and it seems like a yr. since yesterday a.m. and it don’t hardly seem possible that I was feeling so good yesterday a.m. and now I don’t care if school keeps or not as they say. Yesterday a.m. I was up before the buggle blowed all ready and so excited I couldn’t hardly eat breakfast and just before inspections Shorty Lahey seen me smileing to myself and asked me what was the joke and I told him they wasn’t no joke only I was going home and he says he hoped I would have a good trip and come back safe in sound so I said I guessed they wasn’t no danger of anything happening to me and he says “You will be OK if you keep your eyes open.” So I said “What do you mean keep my eyes open.”

So he says “Your a game bird but they’s no use of you takeing reckless chances so you want to be on the look out every minute till you get back.”