Time 9 p.m.
Sept. 3, 1941
Dear Folks:
I must admit I am really all in this evening.
We got up at 4 a.m. this morning, cleaned the barracks, had chow at 6:30 a.m., physical drill at 7:30 a.m., drilled with our rifles marching on the parade ground from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m., had a gas lecture from 10:15 a.m. until eleven a.m., cleaned rifles from eleven fifteen a.m. until chow at noon.
This afternoon we had bayonet drill for three hours. You have a course you run with dummys for individuals. The course is about 50 yards long and you run and jab the bayonets as you run. I guess I must have been o.k. because I only had to run the course once and then I stood at a dummy and corrected the other fellows as they came through. Tomorrow morning we run for the record. Hope I make it. I have confidence that I will. After bayonet practice we washed clothes, had chow and this evening I again have a detail under my supervision to clean the barracks.
Received the glasses o.k. and thanks a lot.
Just got time to get in a couple more lines and will have to finish in the morning.
Well, I made the grade. Just got back from the bayonet course and tomorrow I will receive my first medal in the Marines as an Expert Bayonet man. I ran the course in 32 seconds. The sergeant told me for a large man I could really move.
Have a test on gas Saturday so I had better get on it. Boy: they really have kept us on the hustle this week.
Love to all, Leo
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