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224 Glad you got the P51 blue ink - have to wait a long time while this dries Navy #3247 (Mil. Govt) FPO San Francisco Wed 16 May 1945 7:15 am Good morning, darling It was quiet here too on V-E day, as you must have gathered from my letters - even now I couldn't tell you what the official date was*, though of course I've heard it. Although everyone is glad at the thought that the total war effort will be concentrated on this side, there was little open rejoicing. Main topics of conversation have been the point system of getting discharged (esp. for enlisted men and more esp. for Army, though eventually it will probably apply to all those who are not released for other specific reasons, notably non-existence of their type of jobs), the German concentration camps; the San Francisco Conference. I should love to be in San Francisco right now. I was thinking last night that if we had a boy of 10-17 or 18 I’d attempt to arrange part of my vacation to leave a week free for attending such parts of the conference as we could get into. Wendy's celebrating V-E Day by wearing red, white *except that it's right here on your letter (253) - Tuesday May 8 [pg 2] And blue and walking on her hands and feet like a little monkey struck me, ridiculously, as a symbol of the period which the nations in Conference and particularly the United States are going through -a highly important and interesting period, though by no means final. I can pretty well picture Wendy sitting in her pen, tearing up magazines and babbling to herself. I'm glad you like Sasaki Sau's handbag and cigarette cases Sweetie. I still have those two “ “ [cigarette cases] of courser weave for Sammy and the Special Man. I think I'll mail them to you - let you choose whether it's to be S for Sammy or S for Special Man M for Mailman M for Mel-O-Dee Are 2 packages of cigarets all you can get at one time at the Presidio? Yes, I liked Jim Johnstone - seemed to me a ruggedly and goodnaturedly straight forward guy, and not dumb. “Next time you send a pair back to me I'll try to get these in condition to return” [the blue and white [pg 3] striped pajamas] - I haven't any more to send honey; I'm sleeping in shorts. Why is it necessary to do any more than you did, just stitching them up on the machine? But of course - there's a pair on the way to me now - I was thinking of that as I drifted off to sleep last night. 254-The bat episode amused me so much that I had to read it aloud to Arthur and Mac, both of whom had a small fit of laughter over it. 5 min: 3 hrs. - yes, you’re doing better. Time to go to work, or past time (I never feel guilty about being late, tho, after an evening like last night - another, briefer PTA meeting at which the Kor. School's standing committee of 13 elected 5 of their number to serve on the overall PTA Council of 25, then my usual English class. By now I love you Warren
