August 18, 1941
2:55 pm
Place: Quarantine Barracks
(Don’t get excited, they keep us here a couple of days after the shots.)
Table – My locker trunk
Dear Folks:
I will have to agree that this California weather is something. It is hot in the day time but very cool at night.
Yesterday after arrival we had dinner at 4:30 pm. They put us in our bunks at 8 pm after we all took a shower.
This morning we arrived at 5:15 am. Made our beds, shaved and went over to breakfast.
After breakfast we had another medical including a shot in our left arm, blood taken from our right arm, and a shot in the right tail cheek and I don’t mind telling you they really shove that needle in. Four fellows fainted before arriving at the tail puncture but I survived the details so far. As a matter of fact my tail bone isn’t even sore.
The meals so far have been excellent.
Today we also received our locker (a wooden trunk) 3 towels, 2 cakes of soap, scrub brush, shoe brush and polish, a bucket to wash our clothes in, stamps, stationery, sewing kit, and a clothes line. I imagine we will receive our first clothes tomorrow morning. Oh yes we also received a padlock and two keys for our locker. They charge us $13.00 out of our first pay for these incidentals and gave us $3.25 in coupon books for the Canteen. Believe me we have plenty of work to do but I love it thus far.
Oh: yes you should see me. They clipped all of our hair off after lunch and we now all look like convicts.
Please pass this on to Libby & the kids & aunts. I will write them but will have to wait till we get more settled.
Won’t be able to send my clothes until we get our others.
My proper address until you hear further from me is;
Private Leo J. McLoskey
Recruit Depot
Marine Corp Base
San Diego, California
I miss all of you.
Love to all,
Leo
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