Sunday, 4 November
1945, 9:00 PM
Dearest Eleanor,
Another day
with nothing accomplished but eating, sleeping and impatiently waiting for
something to happen. This morning Leslie
and I walked down the road a piece and found a stock pile consigned to the military
government. We talked the officer in
charge out of a few sets of khakis--trousers and shirts. Now I have enough
clothes to get me home. I may even need
my blues. Get them ready just in case.
This
afternoon we got hold of a jeep and took a ride up the coast. We saw several PBYs (sea planes) blown up
during the typhoon onto the beach. We climbed into the wrecks. Leslie took some pictures. I do hope they come out. We got back just in time for dinner.
After chow we
went to the movie. The picture was
"Divorce" with Kay Francis and Bruce Cabot. It was a picture with a moral but still not
very bad. Now here I am.
It is pretty
cool tonight. I did appreciate the fur
lined jacket issued to me. Bet I use
both blankets when I turn in tonight.
No mail again
today so that is all for tonight.
Goodnight Darling and pleasant dreams.
Love,
Gil
Wrecked PBYs (a reader of the blog correctly pointed out that Gil identified the sea planes incorrectly--they are PBMs)
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