Friday, February 13, 2015

Robert to BBR 31 Jan 1944

Monday, Jan 31

 Dear Mom,


I'm glad to hear you had such a nice birthday, goodness knows you deserve it. I hate to hear about Mrs. Brakemeyer[1] not getting better and I feel awfully sorry for Mrs. Brakemeyer. I'd like to write them a letter, but there is so little you can say in such a case so today I bought the only get-well-card I could find that wasn't gooey sentimental or utterly ridiculous. Maybe Mrs. Brakemeyer will improve as the weather gets nicer.


Tonight we’ll probably have a big rain storm because torwards evening the sky became awfully black & the clouds down very low and right now it’s just like a misty fog outside. I miss fog out here in this country where it's never foggy. There's something comfortable about fog – I guess it's because it's always nice to get out of. Anyhow I’ll want to live where it's foggy some of the time any way[2].


This is the week that marks the halfway place & it is this week & the next three that have me the closest to worried because this is the time we do the flying that will determine if we’re good enough to be graduated as abombardiers[3]. If I do O.K. this next month I don't think I'll have anything to worry about, but it will be a very busy & trying..I don't know if I'll ever be so anxious to leave a place as I will this – I guess it's the tension as much as the surroundings here[4].







In a day or so I will get paid again & since I've had but little chance to spend money I’ll probably send a money order soon to replace that(sic) I took out of the bank to buy my ticket here. I have not been reimbursed for my travel expenses yet, but that ought to be coming soon too, to the tune of about 40 dollars.


Write again soon because I always enjoy your letters so much because they sound just like you.
 
Love




[1] A family friend that I think shows up in other correspondence but I don’t have the reference at hand.
[2] In personal conversations, I have heard similar sentiments from longtime valley residents. It should be noted that the opposite is true, that some don’t miss the fog.
[3] Robert did not graduated as a bombardier. He was transferred to navigator school and graduated as a navigator.
[4] Carlsbad, New Mexico






 
















1 comment:

  1. The letter date not matching the posting date is nothing more than not having a Feb 13 letter handy and the desire to meet the daily posting goal. No conclusions about Friday the 13th should be made.

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