8 March 1970
No mail again today - but I’ll write anyway!
Tomorrow we go on the hot pad - so I have to spend my last week on that lousy hot pad! I’m planning to leave Chu Lai as early as I can on the 14th, so I’ll spend all day the 13th getting packed and checked out.
I flew a BarCap today, a 3 hour mission up north. Not very exciting and awfully tiresome!
Major Gibson gave me the enclosed picture today, but I had already sealed up last night’s letter. I don’t think I’ve flown with him since the picture was taken.
It’s midnight now. I worked on tomorrow’s flight schedule from 1930 ‘til 2300. However I looked after me! I don’t have anything until 1200 - so I can sleep late, as I did this morning. While most guys are drinking and relaxing, I’m over working on the schedule, so I don’t feel a bit bad about having the morning off. I only write the schedule for three days at a time then the other writer does it for three days.
The picture sure makes me look burly! More so than the ones I sent yesterday. I don’t know why. I’m just rattling on about nothing - it is late - so I’ll sign off now.
Photo - summer 1968, Pensacola, Florida.
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