Show from one of didies sailor boys EDITOR COUNTY NEW dear friend I 1 received the washington NEWS apster day and ads can not express the feeling it put into me 1 feel as though I 1 aro feht next to dixie when we are at when we pet oneomo one ome and blue we can pick up that dear old divie paper and it makes ns feel as though we still have something fo look forward to I 1 can truthfully say that I 1 never hau anything please me so much as getting tant good old dixie news when I 1 enlisted in the U 8 navy I 1 went lo 10 yerba brena island training station from salt lake utah I 1 changed my rating from apprentice seaman to musician I 1 studied there for one month learning that we were to stay there for along time and would not probably have a chance to go over there and help beet th kaiser I 1 made up my mind to go in the hospital corps it is the best branch in the navy Jor ayoung man after changing my rating to hospital corps I 1 was transferred to balboa park ban diego calif where I 1 am now attending hospital there are so many men here hit they are transferring men to norfolk virginia for hospital schools I 1 am grateful to think I 1 am one of the lucev boys who are going nearer to the kaiser we expect to be transferred about the ast 1st of february to norfolk virginia I 1 will have a chance to visit dixie before leaving so I 1 hope it will not be lung before I 1 can be with mv folka for a few days thanking you a thousand annea for our I 1 remain your true sailor boy F U S N training station balboa park i san diego california |