Lieut. Gilbert Steingart
U.S.S. Ocelot, F.P.O.
San Francisco
Monday 9 July 1945,
6:30 PM
Dearest Eleanor,
Hello Honey,
here I am again. For a change today, I
was busier than ever. I worked form 8:15
till 11:30 and then went to lunch. After
chow I had a one and one-thirty appointment and secured at 2:00 PM.
I got word
that a ship was leaving for the states and had some recreational gear to
dispose of. I took a boat over there and
got about $200 worth of equipment for nothing.
I'll never know why they gave me the stuff and didn't want any money.
But I didn't ask questions. We are only
allowed $200 a year by the Navy and have to make up the difference from ship
store profits. So the skipper and
everyone else concerned are tickled pink to get the stuff. We got six tennis racquets, baseball gloves
mitts, and bases, checkers and boards, etc.
Not bad, eh.
I got all the
stuff back aboard and stowed by 5:00 PM.
Then I had my hair cut, showered and dressed for dinner.
This month's ALNAV
is out and from the way it reads the promotion period will be extended to eighteen
months beginning next month. They aren't
stopping promotions but they are dragging it out so that they might just as
well. I know I'll never make Lieutenant Commander
and don't want to. Civilian first class
is okay with me.
I got three
letters today postmarked July 2 and that isn't bad. Don't you worry about when I get home. No one will horn in on our honeymoon, least
of all your sister Ruth. I do hope
Norma gets over her indisposition soon because I know how upsetting her being
sick can be. Did you take her to the
doctor's as I suggested?
Dick's carrying
on is disgusting. It is no wonder he has
been sick so much and he'll be lucky if he doesn't run into any more trouble.
I enjoyed
those pictures you sent especially those of the kids. Keep on trying. Maybe soon I'll get a snap of
the Eleanor I used to know with a real smile on her face.
Our movie tonight
is "The Clock" with Judy Garland.
I hope it's good.
I'm writing
letters to both mothers and Ruth so I've got enough to do for tonight. Goodnight, my Sweet, I'll see you in my
dreams.
Love,
Gil
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