Lt. (j.g.) Gilbert
Steingart
U.S.S. Ocelot, F.P.O.
San Francisco
Wednesday 14 March
1945, 7:15 PM
Dearest Eleanor,
Today began
like any other day. I had my morning
appointments and it was past 11:00 AM before I was finished. Then I went up to my room hoping to find some
mail but no such luck. So instead I read
from a magazine until time for lunch.
After lunch I
was informed that I was to take charge of today's liberty party, consisting of
some seventy odd men. I got them and the
beer in the boat and away we went. When
we got ashore we found a shady spot and I divided up the beer so that each man
got six cans. Knowing that they wouldn't
go away (as long as the beer lasted) I went over to the club and had a couple myself. Meandered back to make sure that everything
was under control and then returned to the club and joined three of the ship's
officers for a few more beers.
The afternoon
went by rapidly and before I knew it was time to round up the men and return to
the ship. The muster showed one man
missing and though we looked for him we couldn't find him. It is perfectly safe there so we left
him. He's probably sleeping it off and
the shore patrol will bring him in when they police the area at 6:00 PM.
I showered
and dressed for dinner. After eating,
enjoyed the cool breeze but no sunset tonight--too many clouds. Now here I am.
The movie
tonight is "Claudia" Do you remember when we went to see it on the
stage and how much we laughed and enjoyed it?
I'll be thinking of you every moment that the movie is on and wishing
you were beside me.
There was no
mail for me this afternoon either so no more gossip. Goodnight darling, I'll see you in my
dreams. Love and kisses to you and our
two sweet girls.
Yours alone,
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