Frank really wants to keep in touch with everyone back home. It's the surest way to keep the letters coming and relieve homesickness. He's writing about three letters each day, and this missive to his Mom shows how he finagles any extra spare time in between his demanding studies to get the daunting amount of writing done.

Frank bemoans that fact that Army Air Corps cadets in World War II are expected to supply their own toilet paper and even belts, which you think would be part of the supplied uniform. No such luck. He also needs his own shoe polish. He's already been promoted, gaining more and more responsibility. Read on to find out more.

My grandmother starts this letter to her son Frank Ebner at 11 p.m. and doesn’t finish it until 1 a.m.  She’ll be up the next morning by 4:30 or 5:00 a.m. to start the daily routine of helping my grandfather [...]