Saturday 9 September
1944, 9:20 AM
Dearest Eleanor,
Good morning
Sweet. My office is being torn up for a
change, and I am still in temporary quarters.
I'm writing on my cot so excuse please if any scribbling is worse than
usual.
I'll try to
answer your questions as fully as possible.
Greys or tans are worn both at work and when on liberty. I'm hoping to see those you mention but for
reasons I cannot mention I' haven't been able to yet. Having no work to do this morning I'll try to
catch up on my correspondence. I'm glad
you liked what I sent. That package went
through OK but the kid's package got held up.
Will get that off as soon as possible.
Hansen and I
got a jeep yesterday and for three hours we drove around. Do you remember the ride around
Catalina? Well much of this country is
surprisingly similar but I saw some things which we must enjoy together once
this mess is over. And by the way, I
still expect to take a refresher course before returning to private practice.
After our
sightseeing tour we stopped at an Officer's Club and who do you think I
met? Abe Weinberg--in person. So far from home and yet look at all the
people that I've run into. This is really
a small world.
I hear there
are some packages at the post office for me but they were closed when I looked
in. Will try again as soon as I'm
finished writing. Received the Binai
Brith Bulletin yesterday so you can forget that item.
Darling, if
you get a chance to to San Francisco go ahead.
It is fairly certain that we won't go back to the states for some
time. I'm running out of small talk so
I'll have to sign off.
I love you Sweetheart
and miss you and Linda and Norma more and more all the time and writing about
it makes me feel all the bluer. You'll
have this letter in a few days and yet weeks and maybe months may pass before
I'll have you and the girls with me.
Bye, darling
till tomorrow.
Love,
Gil
Lt. (j.g.) G. Steingart
U.S.S. OcelotF.P.O. San Francisco
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