Cadet Letters tells the story of a freshman cadet at the newly created Air Force Academy in Colorado in 1961-1962. Written weekly between the cadet and his family, and also to his high school "friend" who later became his wife, the compilation of 150 letters document the rugged trials of military training and education, and tell of a cadet's hopes to survive and succeed. Recently unpacked after fifty years, the letters are an authenic first person slice of 1961-62 life and a detailed chronicle of a tough 12 months.