Lieut. Gilbert
Steingart
U.S.S. Ocelot, F.P.O.
San Francisco
Sunday 5 August 1945,
7:20 PM
Dearest Eleanor,
Today is
Sunday. As I've written previously, I am not taking any appointments on this
day. So I have a whole day off. Well almost.
Our baseball
league competition began today so we took four teams over to the beach and ran
two games simultaneously. After the game
we served beer all around. We left the
ship at 8:30 and got back at 11:30 just in time to wash and eat lunch.
After lunch I
settled the wardroom commissary bill.
Then I worked up a rough draft of the mess statement. I read from "China to Me" until it
was time to shower and dress for dinner.
Chow this
evening was excellent. We had chicken
noodle soup, fruit salad, roast chicken with dressing, giblet gravy, peas and spuds
(which are shipped). For dessert we had
cookies and black walnut ice cream (I had two dishes). Then we played cribbage and here I am.
Kay Kaines is
out here and put on a shows last night and tonight. I was too tired to go last night and two lazy
tonight. We sent a party of 150 men last
night. They all enjoyed it except for
five men who wandered off and got some "pom-pom" (guess what) for
$10.00 and then drank some native brew called "tuba." When they got
back to the ship they had to be carried aboard and have their stomachs
pumped. Bet they never drink that stuff
again. As to the pom-pom, prophylactic
treatment was given. Although they'll
undoubtedly get by, there is a terrific amount of venereal disease among the
natives.
I got two
letters today. One from my Sweet and one
from Libby. From the way Libby writes
Nat's illness is serious. I do hope she
is wrong.
Today's
letter was marked the 30th. Now I'm
missing the 27th and 29th. I see you are
still worrying about your weight. With
all the running around and work you've be doing there shouldn't be any reason
for dieting, unless of course you are stuffing yourself with candy. Are you?
For tonight
the movie is "Thrill of a Romance" and is supposed to be good. That is all for tonight so bye until
tomorrow.
Love,
Gil
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