Lt. (j.g.) Gilbert
Steingart
U.S.S. Ocelot, F.P.O.
San Francisco
Monday 19 March 1945,
10:15 PM
Dearest Eleanor,
Hello
Sweetheart, here I am again. This has
been one busy day for me and it was almost 4:00 PM before I finally walked out
of my office. I didn't see more than
twelve patients but believe me there was plenty of work that needed doing. The last time I did as much in one day was
when I was a civilian.
When I left
my office it was raining in buckets, as a matter of fact it had been raining
most of the afternoon. I was just too
busy to notice. I went up to my room and
censored a stack of mail and then read for awhile. First thing I knew it was 5:15 and time to
shower and dress for dinner.
After chow I
was still a little tired so I relaxed with a book until movie time. Last night's picture was "Address
Unknown" with Paul Lucas---one of those propaganda pictures and not very
good. Tonight's picture was
"Thousands Cheer" with a whole host of stars. The outstanding feature was Jose Iturbi
playing the piano. When he broke into
boogie woogie even the sailors applauded; it was that good.
There was no
mail again today. They must be filling
up a whole sack for me somewhere. Maybe
it'll all come tomorrow. I bought a new
pen today. The fouled up point on my
other pen was beginning to get me down.
This pen is one of the new Eversharps with a point similar to the Parker
"51". It retails for $12.50
and I bought it for $6.50 at our ship's store.
Well darling,
that is thirty for tonight. Love and
kisses to all three of my dears. I'll
see you in my dreams.
Devotedly,
Gil
