This episode is Part One of Stanley's letters, "Dearest Ones," from pilot school in Lakeland, Florida. He arrived there in early April to begin an intense month of training to fly for the nation's Army Air Corps. This facility, The Lodwick School of Aeronautics, is a private company under contract to train air cadets. Every cadet's aim: to be an Air Corps pilot. The wash out rate is high. The work requires every warrior's full attention.