Wallace's Tent on Salisbury Plain

Wallace's Tent on Salisbury Plain
Writing a letter with candle on clipboard, see Oct. 16 letter

Thursday, April 17, 2008

April 16, 1944 Sunday

Dearest Honey,

Well, today we leave for three days at Hayes School. Believe me, we have been pushed the last few days, but it is all for a good purpose now. The end is in sight. We took our last graded exam yesterday, and will finish our work in tactics Wednesday.

Meantime, we don’t even get our usual short weekend. We have been up since early this morning getting ready for Hayes School, and worked late last night preparing a field problem.

Hayes School is a real bivouac. We live in pup tents and it is all tactical. We have problems day and night. One of the objects is to show how little sleep you get in combat, so we have scheduled work for all except about 4 hours a day – between midnight and early morning.

That doesn’t look as tho there will be much time to write, but I am taking stationary and will write every chance I get. After Wednesday I think there will be time to really write you the way I want to.

Meanwhile, you know I love you more than anything or anybody.

All yours,
Wallace

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