"I'm
no one to console a person because of awkwardness on my own part. But a fellow of your intelligence and broad
outlook on life needs none. You will
have many damnable humiliations, but will meet numerous personalities and be a
leader among all of them. There is no
doubt that you now hold a record of being the most intelligent and best
educated young man of your age to enter boot camp. This will make you a natural leader and you
can develop a philosophy which will be worth more than many more glamorous
things."
--
Letter from Rip Tallent, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to my father, Camp Sampson,
N.Y., Monday, May 1, 1944.
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