Tuesday 9 October 1945
Okinawa
Lt. Gilbert Steingart did not write to his wife Eleanor.
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Peak intensity 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min) 969 mbar (hPA)
During World War II, my dad, Gilbert Steingart, served as a navy dentist. He wrote over 500 letters to his wife, my mother Eleanor. His duty in the Pacific Theater took him from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Ulithi, Leyte Gulf (Philippines), and Buckner Bay (Okinawa). After my mother's death, Daddy wanted to toss the letters. I convinced him to give them to me instead. The letters are a memoir of a remarkable time. Most of the letters begin with the words "Dearest Eleanor."
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