Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 113]

Letter from Warren Johnston to Bobby [Letter 113]

#66 Thursday 7 Dec. 1944 7:15 pm Dearly Beloved, Tonight I was persuaded (without too much difficulty) by Zas (for Zaslow) - Savage graduate, 23 and married a year to a girl he met in Minnesota; alert, intelligent and a nice guy whom I think you’d like - to go to the local movie. It was pleasant enough while it lasted, but after the lights had gone off two or three times and then stayed of I decided to come back here to bed. I was up an hour or more earlier than usual this morning on a special job and it's just possible that we may lose some sleep in the middle of the night tonight (tomorrow's Pearl Harbor Day, and the Japs enjoy celebrating it) Friday morning Had an excellent and uninterrupted sleep. I guess they were scairt. Today I must get right to work on the revision of Korean names for which I am more or less responsible. For some time, using a Korean Nisei from Hawaii who's also lived in Korea, we've been trying to work out standard English (Romaji) reading of all the Korean names (Kauji) found here. We've finally decided to use the same system used by Koreans in English. [?] neighborhoods, even tho “Moon” is actually pronounced Mulin (as in Kohn, Loeb and Co.), “Chai”=cheh, etc. I was for changing them to the closest phonetic spelling, but we decided after all to stick to the most consistent ascertainable form. Now we must reunite all the names on registration cards and type up a list by families. I'll answer your letters and try to get the Navy claim off tonight. I love you sweetie Warren

1944-12-07

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