Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 to Jacob Stone, Beatrice Stone, and Don Stone
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.005 Author/Creator: Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 February 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; 27.9 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Transcript of document
Addressed to "Dad, Bee, and Don (if he's still home)."
Reviews the train ride down to Berry Hills, TN and being assigned to barracks before processing. They were confined in quarantine for two weeks after recieving a physical, their uniforms, and other basic goods ranging from toilet articles to a gas mask.
Most of the men started on their psychs, physicals, and interviews earlier this week and last four days, but there are about 60 men who still have everything to take, including Bob, who is placed on "K.P." [Kitchen Patrol] two days in a row to account for the men who are busy testing.
Bob enjoys life in the barracks as there are lots of laughs and it's "just like Monte Carlo," with all of the gambling games. The men are clever and funny, but the language is "not that of the king's court."
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