June 2, 1943
Dear Mom,
I am glad to find that you and Daddy are taking off for a little vacation. It's
time you had
some rest.
I'll probably wander south about the 12th of June. Much depends on my military
activities. On Tuesday I went to the Army Air Corps Cadet Selection Center in S.F.
and took the
mental exam, which consists of 150 questions, America average approximately 75 right,
passing
grade for Air Corps 80, and a three hour time limit. I managed to get a score of
125 in an hour
and a half. It was a rather simple test. Tomorrow I leave at 7:30 A.M. for Hamilton
Field for my
final physical exam. I'm not too worried about passing that because my visual acuity
and color
perception were tested before I took the exam and everything was O.K. It will take
a couple of
weeks for papers to get through, and then I'll be inducted. After induction I get
sent home for
another week to await orders. The Santa Ana probably. Some fun.
Those cookies were wonderful. The diet we get here is foul, especially now , as
the cook
is worried about being in the hole as regards points. I haven't had nearly enough
fresh foods, so
my health is somewhat run down.
Please send me the June $50. I have to move out of the house on Saturday, so please
send mail to the Millers at 1709 Gough Street, S.F. if I get any communications from
the
Government, you might open them to see if there is anything urgent.
A fraternity brother of mine and extremely brilliant character, 2.8 average (corresponds
to an A- approx) I.Q. 139, wants me to go on a little spree with him in the south
land San Diego,
etc. but I don't' know that I'll have time.
Give my love to that sweet little sister of mine, and to Pete and Crellie, too.
I'll write
again and relate the latest developments.
Love,
Linus
P.S. She has beautiful, soulful, brown eyes, with flecks of green!
