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David R. Elder correspondence, June-July 1944

1944-06-01 Page 2

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behind me and they really went fast. I don't know what will happen after this basic is over. They may send me to a [Cadne?] (non-cows) school or I may enlist in a mortar school and go with a mortar battalion after I'd complete that. I guess I'll just have to sit tight and wait. I expect to be home about the eleventh or twelfth of July. We're supposed to get a furlough after our basic, but they could change that in five weeks. One thing I have learned in the Army is to live day by day and take life as it comes. Never plan on anything, because it'll probably never come out your way. It's time for me to take out the new releif and bring in my men, so I'd better close this and get a little sleep after I get back. Thanks again for sending me the Scuttlebutt and please keep it coming. There has been a slight change in address, as the Company I'm in will be the last C.W. company to be trained. Yours, Bob Downing
 
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