Hal Cohen Letter - April 14, 1943
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Hal Cohen Letter - April 14, 1943
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Wed. 4/14/43 P.M.
Hello Honey -
Got your letter and I’m glad
that you 'll try to keep up that
one a day schedule. I wouldn't
mind getting at least 10 a day
Somehow I can’t see that
all the sleep you re getting is
doing you any harm. After all it
still isn’t much only about 8 1/4hrs.
I get to sleep usually at 9:30 P.M.
and we 're up at 5:30 A.M. so you
and I are keeping almost the
same hours. Too bad we aren’t
spending it together.
I graduated H.S. in 1935. The
album must be quite large by
now.
naturally if you could work
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nearby I would like it very much.
But do you mean working for the
Signal Corps? I don’t want you to
quit your job just to be nearer
me if it means that you won’t
enjoy your work and miss being
with your family. Of course I
don t know anything about the
cities around here so I guess its
up to you to see. Let me know
just what you have in mind.
We are in basic in [earned] now.
On the go all day long. Lectures,
movies, calisthenics, drill etc etc-
Practiced sighting with a rifle
to-day and found the [anny]
finds out whether you can shoot
before you even fire a gun. A
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soldier may feel sure that he has
his sights right on the target but
his officer can’t check on it except
by the following method that we
used to-day. The rifle is placed
in two slots of a bot so that it rests
aimed at a box about 20yds. away.
A white piece of paper is tacked
to the side of the latter so that
it comes in front of the guns
sights. One fellow takes a colored
disc (which represents the bulls eye) attached to a handle and
moves it in front of the paper until
the fellow at the gun has it
directly in his sights and yells wack.
The bulls-eye holder makes a pencil
mark on the paper by passing the
pencil thru a hole in the center
of the disc. The fellow at the
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gun takes 2 more “shots". The three
marks should be close together.
Attached you wt will find the
target I used. My marks are circled
on ink. Compared to the others
you can see I did pretty well.
Is all of the above clear. If not I'll
draw a diagram. By the way the
rifle is not touched, it is the bulls-
eye that is moved. (This is the
opposite of actually shooting)
Well darling, guess that’s all
of your lesson of to-day. You
should make a good correspondence
school soldier.
Give my regards to the folks.
How is the navy doing? Bet he
looks great.
Yours
Hal
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Contributor
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Meagher, Mary
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Coverage
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World War II
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Creator
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Harold Cohen
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Date
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1943-04-14
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Format
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Written Document
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Keene State College
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