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15 March1943
exact date of 15 of March 1943
day of the month 15 March 1943
calendar day - 03 of March year - 1943
month of Marchdecade of the 1940s.
1900s century


To: Mrs H.K. Beyer
124, 2nd Avenue, West Reading, Pennsylvania.


From: Private Herbert Beyer #904 T.G. light #602, AAFTTC B.T.C #9
Miami Beach, Florida.


U.S. Army Air Forces
March 15, 1943


Darling;
We had an early noon mess today, so I may as well write my darlings letter now while I have time. This morning we had some drilling and another lecture on rifle ranges and of course our callisthenics. This afternoon we are going to have a parade. The first one in about 10 days. It is now 12 o'clock and we're not scheduled to fall out till about 1 PM. Tonite I want to get a haircut, it's about one inch long already and my side burns are coming back. I'll get "goofed off" if I





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The term "gooffed off" is applied to the head when it closely resembles a cue ball. You wouldn't want me to look like a cue ball would you my dearest. After I get my haircut I'm going to study in my books till bed time.

Yesterday as the story goes, a soldier was stung by a sea creature called, a "Spanish man of war" which resembles a jellyfish with a real long stinger. Today he lies in the Infirmary partly paralysed.

Frederick warned me about a season, which begins about the middle of march and last throughout April in which these men of war and barracuda are very prevalent in these waters. Somehow,





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didn't get to go swimming yesterday although I had wanted to. I'll be very careful, darling don't worry. Lots of our men were out too long yesterday and got a terrific burn, they had to go on sick call this morning. You can get burned something like we did that one declaration day, remember darling? (it' still a sweet memory in my heart in spite of the burn ) In about short two hours down here. This tropical sun is really hot.

Darling all the fellows are hoping that we go way up





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north near home for our pre-flight training. Somehow or other I'd rather go somewhere we've never been before. For instance I wouldn't mind going to Texas/ Louisiana or some place near the sea - wouldn't you? In fact I wouldn't mind going to the middle of Fla. Although I imagine it will be terrifically hot down here in the summer. It'd getting hotter everyday already it seems.

Every part of my face is getting a tan except my nose I don't know what I'll do with it. It seems like I' peeled off about 4 layers of skin now. Soon I'd have to have some skin grafted back on again. It still peels though. Oh well I guess it' be o.k. Well dearest darling Snootie, that' all for today. Don't work too hard and more tomorrow.

All my love.
Herb





Did you know: The word "inst" was a very commonly used abbreviation for the Latin "instante mense" meaning this month.




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