Lt. (j.g.) Gilbert
Steingart
U.S.S. Ocelot, F.P.O.
San Francisco
Thursday 14 June 1945,
7:20 PM
Dearest Eleanor,
Hello Honey
how is my favorite wife tonight? I was
plenty high when I wrote last night and I do hope you'll forgive me.
Today was a
busy one beginning with a tough extraction and keeping me hopping right along
right through the afternoon. However I
was through by 3:15 and went up to my room.
Censored some mail and began another story. I'm reading "Saratoga Trunk" by
Edna Ferber and I think I'll like it.
There is
still no mail so I suppose when it does come I'll hit the jackpot. Still no ALNAV, so the communications officer
went over to another ship where it has already been received to get a copy. A few days one way or the other don't really
matter as my pay increase is still from June 1.
However officially I should be a lieutenant tomorrow.
We have
another excellent movie tonight. It is
"Lost Angel" with Margaret O'Brien.
We've really been lucky in the quality of our movies lately. I do hope it keeps up.
Our exec is
going home on emergency leave tomorrow.
His mother is very ill. I do hope
he gets home in time. Dan Graves left
for the states yesterday. He got his
orders two months after Ivan Cox who is still waiting on his relief. When my orders do get here, I hope I won't
have to sit around and wait a long time for my relief.
There isn't
much more to tell so I'll say goodnight to my own darling wife. Gosh but I wish the next few months were
behind me. "Nite, nite," Sweet.
I'll see you in my dreams.
Love,
Gil
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