CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 9 We drill for about another 2 hours until the First Sergeant is hoarse from yelling commands and cussing the recruits for their clumsiness. Leaving the area we drilled in and moving back to our camp, we get with the recruits and tell them they are coming along just fine and not to worry about what …
CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 8 Anyway we finally get issued some fat back and flour. Bill Jester carries the skillet for our mess this week so he starts to cook the fat back to get the grease to make the sleush. It is really hard to keep from just grabbing the fat back out of the pan and eating it, …
CHRISTMAS SEASON ON CAMPAIGN-PART 7 After drill and once back at camp we find all our tents had been moved to our campsite and we are required to set up our tents before we can get an issue of food. It takes us about an hour before we have the company street completed with all our tents up, our three …