This is the 7th in a series of letters written home while I was in Basic Training. Click on the "Boot Camp" label at the bottom of the post to see all of the letters.
Recruit Training Command (Women)
U. S. Naval Training Center
Bainbridge, Maryland ~ 5 Dec 1969
Hi Mom,
I got your letter today - Terry's too. Was glad to hear from you - thank you for the stamps - airmail even, gee! I've got about half an hour before taps. We got paid today! $30.00 Tomorrow we get to go to the main exchange for about an hour - time to spend our hard earned money.
As far as Christmas presents go about the only thing I really need are nylons. We'll start wearing our dress blues next Friday - another graduation and we'll be in the review - standing for at least two hours - but we'll be sophomores - that's great. That first week we were here and wore civilian clothes I ruined about 4 pairs of nylons in that week.
We can receive food stuffs if they are marked on the outside that it is food. We can't get them till our Christmas party here so they will be kept in cold storage till then. If you send something don't make it an awful lot though. Some of your peanut butter candy would be very good about now. Grandma's divinity sounds good too.
I have to go. I'll write more this weekend.
Love, Becky
No comments:
Post a Comment
The ability to comment has been turned off for all blog posts effective 21 May 2018. Kinexxions has been inactive for more than two years and most comments have come to me directly via email from readers but more than a few were simply spam. My desire is to keep the blog available to the public since there is value in what has been published, particularly posts dealing with family history.
I am still extremely interested in hearing from readers who might be related and have questions or simply want contact with a distant cousin. Please contact me directly via email at kinexxions@gmail.com
This action is also being taken partially due to the General Data Protection Regulation aka "GDPR" going into effect on 25 May 2018. Even though it is a regulation implemented by the European Union that primarily affects businesses and corporations, it governs how data about people can be used. That includes comments left on blog posts, thus the ability to comment is no longer available.
Becky Wiseman - - kinexxions@gmail.com
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.