Lt. (j.g.) Gilbert
Steingart
U.S.S. Ocelot, F.P.O.
San Francisco
Friday 2 February 1945,
7:05 PM
Dearest Eleanor,
Just another routine day today. Worked all morning and finished up at 11:15
AM. Had lunch and then collected the
monthly mess bell from the wardroom officers.
If was cloudy and rainy looking but I
went up on the poop deck anyway and got a half hour of sun.
This
being Friday, "field day" was the order of the day this
afternoon. My corpsman worked, cleaning
polishing and I caught up on my book work,
This
morning I got a letter from you dated the 24th and two this afternoon of the
23rd. Also got one from your mother.
Now
to your letters. You seem to be teaching
regularly. I do hope it isn't too much
for you even at $10 a day. Why are you
so anxious to lose weight? I love you just
the way you are, tummy and all. I
haven't been on the scale lately but I don't believe my weight has varied any
from what it was when I came aboard, 170 lbs. clothes and all. By the way I slipped the other morning and
lost my mustache. Don't believe I'll
ever raise another.
I
have a recollection of the party at Ruth's that you mention but a very faint
one at that.
I
haven't started "Fountainhead" yet.
I finished "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" last night and that book
is next. I would enjoy "Immortal
Wife" so send it along. I do
believe that Xmas mail will soon be caught up and that packages will get out
here in about thirty days.
As
long as you keep getting letters from me I don't see how you could expect me to
phone you. After all air mail goes so
much faster than any ship. Just take it
easy dear and hope. I still think that I
have a mighty good chance to get back when my year is up and something could
happen and bring me back sooner.
Yes
dear I got my fifth assignment finished and on its way. The sixth should be ready to go by the end of
this month.
I'm
glad that Linda is behaving so well. I
do hope that Norma snaps out of it and gives you more rest at night. Losing an hour or two of sleep just spoils
the following day completely.
I
hope you work out something nice at Arrowhead for this summer. If I get back and you're there I'd rather
spend our time up there together than anywhere else. After all that was the locale of "our
first night," wasn't it?
Boy
I sure could use some of that cold weather.
I do hope we move on before long.
The summer and late spring out here are just hellish. It's hot enough in the winter. I'd just as
soon scram. However I'm just a (j.g.) in
the dental corps and don't run the Navy.
It's probably a good thing for the Navy.
The
movie tonight "Carolina Blues with Kay Kaiser and Ann Miller and is rated
only fair. Guess I'll go anyway.
Am
signing off now darling. Good night with
love and kisses to my three girls.
Yours
always,
Gil
Gil doesn't mention going to ashore for a few, but here is a chit. Was it his?
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