Lieut. Gilbert
Steingart
U.S.S. Ocelot, F.P.O.
San Francisco
Wednesday 27 June 1945,
6:45 PM
Dearest Eleanor,
Hello my
darling, how are you tonight? Last
night's movie "Phantom Lady" was an oldie that we saw together.
Franchot Tone is the villain who strangles people with ties, scarves etc.
Another is accused and convicted of the crimes because his alibi
disappears. Do you remember it now? Of course everything turned out right in the
end.
Guess taking
a whole day off is a bad idea. I was quite busy all day today and didn't finish
up until 3:30. Then I went to the
barber's for a haircut. After a nice
shower I crawled into my bunk. In my
skivvies I censored and read mail until 5:30 when I dressed for dinner.
Because of
some connections I was able to buy a case of coke (36 bottles) and a case of
"Toddy" chocolate milk drink (24 cans). The whole thing set me back $3.85. Guess I can afford it.
Today, I've
been thinking more about Army life--it is really rugged. They get rationed about one egg a week while
we get all we want. They live on hard
cots in tents while I have a bunk with a box spring and mattress. The water they drink is so highly chlorinated
that the fumes hit you in the face when you raise your glass to your mouth; our
water comes from distilling plants.
Fresh meat is a delicacy while on our ship we are able to store enough
fresh food for one thousand men for three months and we reprovision more
frequently than that. There are so many
other advantages to Navy over Army life that I often wonder why more men didn't
try the Navy in preference to the Army.
Our movie
tonight is Judy Garland in "Presenting Lily Mars." I don't remember seeing it. No mail today so that is thirty for tonight.
Goodnight my
sweet until tomorrow when we'll meet (poetry!)
Love,
Gil
Toddy
1945 Coke Bottle?
Movies
Toddy
1945 Coke Bottle?
Movies
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