[language
warning] "We have just completed our weekly three hour exam, which gives
the Navy a check on our progress. We had
three hours whereas 45 minutes would have sufficed for translating 25 English
sentences into Japanese and 10 Jap sentences into English; so I had a chance to
check and double-check. Tests so far
have been relatively simple; but next month we start taking oral exams....
"Thanksgiving
was a partial holiday for us. I couldn't
see that it was much of a vacation since we had four classes Thursday morning
as usual; but we were excused from attending our physical education class in
the afternoon and the required noon language table.... Wednesday evening we had
out traditional Thanksgiving dinner -- with turkey, cranberry sauce, etc and
such trimmings as nuts, chocolate, and fruit.
It by far outclassed any meal they've served us so far."
-- Letter from
my father, Boulder, Colo., to my aunt, Bloomington, Kans., November 25, 1944.
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