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#249 Navy #3247 (Mil. Govt) FPO San Francisco Tues 12 June 7 am Goodmorning, Sweetie- I dreamt of you last night - it was brief, but very real, not such as I can put in writing! Yesterday I finally got Walter's letter, addressed to me - Mil. Govt. - FPO, SF (Inter-island mail) - no wonder it didn't get here. Of course the “” [Inter-island mail] helped some; without that it might have gone to San Francisco. But Navy #3247 is really the identifying part of the address. Last night's movie (it's still my turn, and will be next time, too) was Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton in “Here Comes the Waves” - it wasn't worth synopsing, but I did explain over the mike what WAVES - “Nami” - were, and also reminded the audience that Betty Hutton was the girl who was here way back in Sept. or early Oct. - the first white woman to set foot on the island in recent times. Colonel Fuller is leaving in the next day or two, and Joe Scannell (Capt., adjutant) is going along with him. There is a chance that both may get back to the Presidio, and if so Joe will look you up. He's a nice guy, [?] intelligent even tho he has given up being really intelligent while he's in the Army - surrendering to the inevitable mediocrity and pseudo-discipline, and being rather cynical about it - a good drinking companion and I imagine a good father to his 3 young children, including twins. His wife is very attractive, to judge by her picture - I forget where they live. I should like it if he does come to see you and Wendy. [pg 2] Various subtle changes have begun to take place since the Captain took over. We now have table linen (including napkins) and china plates at mess, instead of those divided trays, and are served at the table out of separate bowls or platters rather than having a trayful of food handed to us. Formerly, nearly everyone wasted a great deal of food and unless the food was especially good it was no pleasure to eat. The present system is not only more civilized but is better for the digestion - at least mine. This morning the teachers are having their shots and I must be off to see that they get back to school all right. We got a special concession in having them done all at once. Otherwise all people are shot by the area in which they live, a fourth or fifth of them each day. I love you, darling Warren
