Show Boots Laundry Difficulties Cause Much Laug Laughter ter I Every marine learns during his his his' basic training days at boot camp how to do his household chores of all types The chuckles in boot camp generally generally generally gen gen- gen gen- generate from the of fresh young boots upon their introduction to the laundry laundry laundry laun laun- dry tubs But I dont don't know how to do laundry laundry laundry laun laun- dry w wailed one cheeked apple lad f when his drill instructor gave gale the boys boy's platoon its first laundry laUdry r der de de- tail shortly after alter breakfast Well boy Ill I'll give you one minute minute minute min min- ute to learn and half of that is gone growled the voiced bull-voiced in in- You dont don't pull freshly starched shirts out of a drawer in inthis inthis inthis this outfit The boy learned learned learned-he he had to learn learn with scrub brush soap and pail Marines must learn because there are no Chinese laundries where the Fighting Leathernecks go The recruits do their scrubbing t clad only in swimming trunks and pith helmets With cold water water water-or or ora a reasonable facsimile thereof they thereof they cant can't scrub out all stains So they use whitening agents and sometimes come to grief through inexperience Some discover to their grief that too generous application of the whiteners whiteners whiteners whit- whit eners h has s eaten holes in their cloth cloth- ing One lad anxious to be clean as the marine corps demands applied applied applied ap ap- ap- ap plied the bleaching agent to his cartridge cartridge cartridge car car- belt and canteen cover He was sadder and wiser after it turned white |