United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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i 5lanuary1%8 ; .or 12 February 1968 Dear Anne, Semester break was great with you. I only wish you didn ' t go to school in Boston. Maybe we can get together at Spring leave. I really liked the Commons. You ' re right, Boston is a beautiful city. Now, it ' s back to the books. My new schedule isn ' t too bad. I ' m overloading one course. And I ' ve got a couple of youngs ter afternoons: no classes. There ' s a lot of stuff going on now, despite the fact that this is the Dark Ages. I went to see Hamlet which was put on by Masqueraders. It was really good. And now we ' re getting ready for Hundredth Night. That ' s when Firsties and Plebes change roles for one night and the 1 c go into double figures until graduation. There ' s also quite a bit of build up to it too which ensures that the firsties give more than they receive. Oh well. It ' s been a time though lately. A whole bunch of second class in our company just got kicked out for pot. I ' ve got to go now and get back to the books. Please write. Love, Terry

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4 Dec ember 1967 Hi! We won! Carry on til Christmas! I ' m so happy I could cry. Which is exactly what some of the firsties did. It was their first victory over army too! After was good loo. We got bombed and met some girls and almost missed the bus but had a good time anyway. Now I can ' t wait until Christmas. Please send me a list of stuff to get for presents. I really don ' t know what to get. And, if you can spare it, I could use some extra money too. The monthly insult only goes so far, even with the extra they give us. Well, back to the books. Love, Terry I 15 lanuary 1968 Dear Mom and Dad, Yeah . . . back at Navy Yeah . . . studying for exams Yeah . . . out again soon. Thinking of you. i Terry P.S. That girl Anne I met at Xmas? . . . O.K.!

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20 May l%a Dear Mom and Dad, Guess vvhat I ' m not dead and I haven ' t for- gotten how to write. I am though as usual, some- what lazy about writing. So what ' s new? I had a good time oyer Spring leave. I caught a ride to Boston with a firstie in the company and got to see Anne again. Needless to say, I had a good time. Academics are O.K. except for Chemistry. But I ' ll make it. John ' s a real slash and he ' s giving me a lot of help. So all in all I ' m going into finals pretty well off. For dead week leave I ' m going over to Fred Smyth ' s. Ho lives in Bethesda. Then Anne is coming down for June Week. A whole bunch of us have gone in together on a cottage. I wish you could be here now to see the yard. It ' s very pretty. Everything ' s green and there are lots of flowers around. We got secured last week. We tied up the company commander and took him out to the seawall and into a knock- about. When we threatened to take him out and leave him on the spider buoy he said Uncle. The guys in 33 didn ' t make out so well. They al- most got charged with mutiny en masse. Can you believe it? What a zoo! It seems hard to believe that this year is almost over. What an adjustment it ' s been. Soon there ' ll be no more T-fights, no bracing, chopping, or death alley. And no plebes. It would be a shame though to see our company unity go along with the pressure. Such, I guess, is life. See you this summer. All my love, Terry ; k