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383 Monday 26 Nov. 10 pm My dearest darling, Thank you for three wonderful, long letters - I'm so sorry that the carnations were a day late, but grateful to Sammy for ordering them especially from San Francisco. Incidentally, I have the DY mats all wrapped and ready to mail on the first when I have some money. Jean May's letter was very good to get, and do you know, I am honestly jealous of the men in Tokyo - how I’d love to have been part of that group. I think in retrospect that I’d accept the slow torture at [Jicpoa?] for the sake of getting around as those boys have, but most particularly for the sake of running across a few such friends now and then and sharing experiences. However, it hasn't been a bad deal and I guess on the whole it's been better for me this way. Bet I know who engineered the trip to Shanghai! [pg 2] Your Education and Religion Officer has had a busy day, climaxed tonight when Toughie (who looks to me in Reifsnider's absence) called up to say that [I?] - one of the POWS who has a wife in camp and a newborn daughter - is being sent to Saipan tomorrow and Reif promised him that he might see his daughter before he left. So we arranged it here, Szath and I. The baby, 8 days old but with silky black hair 2 inches long and sticking straight out, is darling. Did you write me some months ago about meeting a hunt (now, since being out here, Lt. Cmdr) Street in the company of the Jim Johnstones in Carmel? About 45, moderately short, quiet-mannered? He's down here from Okinawa with another M.G. officer, just overnight; listening to him for two hours is another reason for my momentary wanderlust. Just having got to little Tinian is not having got very far, and I'm [pg 3] sorry that I've missed other places. But most of all I just want home. My relieving Barry as Education Officer won't affect the time of breaking in a relief. I’d have to be the one to do that in any case since I know the school routine more in detail than he does. If Siegler turns out to be my relief and gets here by the first. I should be able to leave about the 10th. To bed now, Sweetie - I'm tired. Love you Warren
