OUT OF THE BLUE
AIRMAN OPUS - MADISON, WISCONSIN
The Life of a Private
Sunday, April 13th, 2008I found this in a collection of my Dad’s letters home from San Bernardino AAF, circa 1943.
Thought it was worth sharing.
The Life of a Private
We stand in line to get a pass
We stand in line to wash.
We stand in line to find a place
To stand in line… by gosh.
We stand in line to draw our pay
We stand in line to spend it.
But fellowmen, we never have
To stand in line to lend it.
–Fort Hancock N.J. Foghorn
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About
Airman Opus is a civilianized Air Force Ground Rat who is now a student at Madison Area Technical College, the Chaplain of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7591, and a few other duties as assigned.
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