Lieut. Gilbert
Steingart
U.S.S. Ocelot, F.P.O.
San Francisco
Sunday 23 September
1945, 10 PM
Dearest Sweet,
Sunday, the
day of rest. I didn't have any
appointments scheduled so I had the whole day to do as I pleased. What did I do? Nothing.
I'm getting to be a first class hand at piddling time away. I read "House and Gardens" and
"American Home" magazines.
Also I read a few items from the July "Readers' Digest." After lunch I made up next week's menu,
played checkers, sat around talking and killing time in general. Then back to more reading until 5:00 when I
showered and changed for dinner. After
dinner I played poker for an hour, lost $5.00.
Then I went to the movies. We had
"Having Wonderful Crime" with Pat O'Brien, George Murphy and Carol
Landis. Pretty good even though it was raining
right through the whole show.
I hit the
jackpot in the mail again. There were
six letters from you and one each from both mothers. I didn't realize that so many letters were
delayed. Today I got two postmarked the
9th and four the 17th.
Although I've
often wished I'd taken a still camera along, don't buy any. We'll get one as soon as we can. It could be long before Xmas.
How is Dave
getting his discharge? Has he 44 points?
If he hasn't I doubt that he'll get out.
Anyway Deb and Dave will be together and I'm sure that they'll be
satisfied even he does have to hang on for a few months more.
I still don't
know if we'll go to Japan, but the nearest dry-dock large enough for the Ocelot
is at Sasebo. If we go there I'll surely
look Sid up.
The snaps
taken of you and the kids taken at Arrowhead are excellent. You really look good to me. All I can do at
this time is look and dream.
I know the
next few weeks will be hard dear but there is nothing we can do but wait. Getting yourself all upset isn't going to do
either you or the kids or me a bit of good.
Please be patient. This can't
last much longer. Now that school has
started, I hope you'll be kept busy and won't have so much time to think and
worry about your trouble. Really, soon
I'll be home and all your problems will fade.
All will seem like a bad dream.
Our skipper, Lt.
Cmdr. Warwick, is not regular Navy. As a
matter of fact he has almost 60 points and is awaiting relief so he can be
discharged. Because he is the commanding officer, I'll bet he has to wait the full 120 days
before he is relieved.
Sevron 10 is
an abbreviation for Service Squadron 10.
Sevron 10 has been part of the third and fifth fleets alternating when
either fleet was in action. The
commander of the Service Division is Commodore Du Val.
Well darling,
I'm getting sleepy and I'm all writ out.
Wish I had something definite to tell you but I haven't. Maybe something will break this coming week.
Please be
brave. Your unhappiness has an effect on
me and though I, too, feel low at times I don't tell anyone about it because it
never does me any good to do so.
Goodnight
Sweet and I'll see you in my dreams.
Lovingly,
Gil
Snaps from Lake Arrowhead
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