Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 385]

Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 385]

333 Wed 26 Sept. 7:30 am Darling, Received several packages from you yesterday - cap covers and buttons, etc.; grey blouse; 2 more boxes of stationery. Thank you sweetie. Now that we know with fair certainty about how much longer I'll be here, you had better continue sending the stationery and each time 2 boxes arrive I'll let you know whether I need any more. Yesterday was a dayful of scrounging; both Barrett and I were out in the jeep all afternoon. Just incidentally, as we were looking for Mr. Twitty of the FEA over in the Marpo farming area, we found a few hardwood railroad ties in the sugar cane alongside the road, a former narrow garage roadbed. We brought back a dozen of them for use in the Handicraft Apprentice Shop and for our personal use. They are hard to get now because in the earlier days they were taken for other purposes (in place of 4x4s), or even burned - a pity, because when you slough off the exterior you find a beautifully-grained hardwood underneath. They are made of ironwood, which to [?] [?] is the same thing as teak, a wood second in hardness to ebony. Last night we showed a terrific scene of Jap. newsreels to people at the Japanese camp: radar and the atomic bomb; Okinawa school pictures; Jap. envoys landing at Manila; American forces landing in Japan; the final surrender on the Missouri. Also played an OWI record of the Emperor’s speech as recorded at Iwo Jima, but the recording was lousy and largely ununderstandable. To work now I love you Warren

1945-09-26

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