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#79 Thursday 21 Dec. noon Dearly Beloved, Two or three days ago I asked if you could send me a lock of Wendy's hair when it got long enough - today I get some of both of yours! I can see that you are working up to the point where you not only read my thoughts at the moment of occurrence but you will anticipate them to the day - I think of something and presto, you answer it in the morning mail. (Thank you, Wendy darling - yes, your hair is getting long!) There is something so peculiarly intimate and personal about a lock of hair that I want to tuck it away and not even let anyone else see it; it brings you very close, darling. I smelled it: one of the very first things I noticed about you at close range, sweetie, was the smell of your hair, still preserved in this bit of it. It is a clean smell, and slightly musky rather than sweet; both sexually interesting as woman, and strongly individual as you. Thanks for the letter from Agnes Nohrnberg. I'll probably answer it with a note in a few days. One of the officers here has seen a copy of a [?] permitting Navy personnel overseas to apply after 15 months for 30 days’ leave in the States. Darling, I still want a camera very badly. There are only about 2 here and they’re always in use. It is possible to order film now, and we can with a camera permit take pictures of anything not directly relating to the war effort or of military value. I should think it would make a great difference to you to have me send pictures home. Any kind of camera at all, but not your own because that's one thing more [pg 2] important and that's pictures of Wendy. Can't you put an ad in the paper: “Wanted, for man overseas…”? 8:10 pm Didn't sleep well last night or the night before (I've come to expect that occasionally, so it doesn't bother me) So I'm almost ready for bed, after a busy day in finishing up the rewriting of Korean names on our registration cards and then an English class tonight. Just now, back in the office, Yama is telling in his inimitable fashion stories of the American attack on the island several months ago. - I do mean inimitable: his speech and gestures can describe a dive bomber better than it can itself. Sometime, like tonight, he is uproariously funny about it. Friday 7:30 am Three more days to Christmas…certainly seems odd what with the weather we’re having now. The past few days have been pleasantly cool ones. Do you think you could rustle up a couple of pair of cheap pajamas for me? I'm down to ½ pair, ½ having been lost along the way somewhere (I'll probably get ½ back, but it's wearing out fast. So far as I know they’re unobtainable in any Navy store. Maybe not indispensable, but they do cut down the number of out bites (a nightly feature) - and dirt- Till later I love you Warren
