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311 Saturday June 23 - 9:30 P.M. Petunia from our patio My Dearest Darling: Sunshine today, and it was sure a boost to my sagging morale. I was able to put Wendy outdoors for the afternoon in her pen - first time this week. It's amazing and a bit ‘awesome’ to watch her grow. Today she really made passable attempts to hold her milk glass, and managed to get by just spilling a minimum. She's using one of our ruby fruit juice glasses, and its just the right size for her to grasp comfortably. From 4:30 to 5:30 I let her loose here in the living room, and here are just a few of the things she did while bumping, tumbling, and wobbly walking [pg 2] around holding on - dragged her little chair, played with piano pedals, rolled wicker piano stool around, dumped waste basket, tugged at lock on trunk, walked around coffee table, several times, read picture book sitting spread legged on floor, pushed desk chair, tried to take key out of front door lock, knocked your letter off table, picked it up, and handed it to me, tried to open door to bedroom, fingered books, turned on lamp, knocked over poker etc. etc. A curious sprout, no? Received your letter of the 16th this afternoon - think I have them all to date now - you seem to have gotten the numbers a bit mixed up. Eating off linen clothes and napkins too! That's more than I do - you'll have to civilize me when you get home. No, I haven't read “The Three Bamboos”. Just finished “Until they [pg 3] Eat Stones” - by Russell Brines - a few outstanding chapters on the Asiatic situation in general - one good one on Japan in war time. I don't want to buy it - but try to pick it up to read sometime. Your guess of “4 or 5 months” rather surprized me. The way things are going, I should expect they’d haul you back here to go into Japan. Of course that's what I’d rather not have happen - would rather take our chances when your 18 months is up, and perhaps the war over. But as I've said before if you should be coming home soon there will be no holding me. By now you should have my letter about the replacements going to Tinian, and I'm hoping for an answer soon, so this suspense will be over. [pg 4] Isn't Tel due for leave soon - or does he come under than 21-24 months business? Doug's address is - Lt. DHJ 0-683912 Officer's Gen'l Deliv. Rosencrans Field St. Joseph Miss And before I forget - can you tell me now who the general was you travelled to Hawaii with - its been puzzling me- Heard today that the housing situation is so bad that people here are sleeping on the beach - might be fun at that. And Mr. J. the first moonlight night we’re going to walk along the beach - and this time it isn't going to be cold down there--- Wish we could both pop into bed together now - my nose and toes are cold- Love you my darling- Bobby
