This handwritten letter, sent from an Army Air Forces trainee at the Technical Training Command's Clearwater, Florida site on January 23, 1943, describes illness in the barracks and a recent hospital stay. Personal letters like this offer an intimate counterpoint to combat photography, illustrating the everyday hardships of wartime training even before a serviceman reached his eventual assignment, in this case as a B-24 Liberator belly gunner. Project: 218354