November 26, 1942

                                    Nov. 26.
Dear Folks:
            Got the box Monday noon. It must have been handled pretty rough. The radio had landed so hard on its back that the knobs were pulled off as the inner works left the front of the case. It seems to play all right, though. Am sending my clothes home to-morrow I think but don’t look for them until they come. Don’t insure any more boxes you send unless absolutely necessary since insured packages are not deliverd to the barracks and it is quite a walk to get them. The radio is one of two in the lower floor so is going most of time. There are 25 boys on this floor. Outside of that I can’t say because troop “numbers” are a military secret.
            Eagle Pass is the a[d]vanced school for single-engine pilots I believe.
The beds are single & have “springs” like those on Mrs. Lund’s double-deckers. One boy on this floor came from Hutchinson (some time ago) and knew Wade Patton. You don’t need to send any magazines because we can get them here at PX and usually some of us buy a few new ones every week & pass around.
            Had a wow of a thanksgiving dinner to-day! Turkey, pork, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes & gravy, corn, peas[,] cranberries, jelly, fruit salad, apples, oranges, bananas, green grapes, hot rolls, ice cream, chocolate cake, fruit cake, cider, 1/2 lb of chocolates, 1 pkg. of cigarettes, and 1 cigar. Probably have left overs for a week. Have finished all my tests but won’t be classified for a few days.
            Have 2 churches & 1 theater but I can’t go to either until I get a class A uniform. Most fellows have them now. Can you send that transparent tape and some neutral colored nail polish (for buttons)?           

Yours truly

                        John