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John William Graham letters, May-July 1942
1942-07-23 Page 3
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I'm getting pretty well acquainted with the fellows in my squadron, good eggs in general. When we get to Wendover the real work will start, dining hours, and hard work from what I hear. I'll be glad to do some work I hate this laying around like we've been doing the last couple of weeks. There is a good quarter in this outfit they can really sing and are clever. They have a parady on Clementine about "In a grave yard in a grave year stands a marker tall & fine Its the marker of the pilot of the plane I was assigned." Its sung from the mechanics new [paint?] & is really good. They all came from the east Massachusetts, I believe. A quite a few of this bunch are from Wyoming & Montana. 3 of us from Iowa & the usual mixture. Have just scrubbed out the barracks getting us ready to leave. It is lots cleaner than when we came into it. Then it was cluttered up with saw dust [clups] blacks & dirt the carpenters had left. Nothing more to write about I guess so I'll have to stop. I'll send a telegram as soon as I arrive & give you my address. Hope you are both feeling fine. I'm okay & feeling great. Love, Johnny
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I'm getting pretty well acquainted with the fellows in my squadron, good eggs in general. When we get to Wendover the real work will start, dining hours, and hard work from what I hear. I'll be glad to do some work I hate this laying around like we've been doing the last couple of weeks. There is a good quarter in this outfit they can really sing and are clever. They have a parady on Clementine about "In a grave yard in a grave year stands a marker tall & fine Its the marker of the pilot of the plane I was assigned." Its sung from the mechanics new [paint?] & is really good. They all came from the east Massachusetts, I believe. A quite a few of this bunch are from Wyoming & Montana. 3 of us from Iowa & the usual mixture. Have just scrubbed out the barracks getting us ready to leave. It is lots cleaner than when we came into it. Then it was cluttered up with saw dust [clups] blacks & dirt the carpenters had left. Nothing more to write about I guess so I'll have to stop. I'll send a telegram as soon as I arrive & give you my address. Hope you are both feeling fine. I'm okay & feeling great. Love, Johnny
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