Description
370 August 18 - Saturday - 7:00 P.M. My Darling: I loathe Saturdays and today was no exception, no mail, no sun, no nuthin'. Just to make me feel even worse Marie de Weese stopped by this afternoon with the latest from Casa. She and her husband are both lame brains, but that's beside the point. There is now a pool of about 100 men to be used as replacements - all Princeton - no Columbia. The latter have started getting orders, so far stateside. The CAT men, whoever they are, seem to be the only ones, getting overseas orders. As far as I'm able to gather they are men with very super training in MG. [pg 2] With all the men sitting around here, I don't see why you couldn't be replaced to come home and sit for a while - but I know - the Navy doesn't do things that way. With the war over, I suppose I should be happy and quit complaining for awhile - But I am worried about your getting stuck out there, and am having to sweat out an even longer separation than we had anticipated. I was sure there would be at least one letter from you today - as it is, I am already three letters behind. Guess all the mail is being held up - perhaps all the mail clerks went on a bender. Norman got his discharge last week. He's been in since the first draft, and was getting [pg 3] pretty much fed up. Muz writes that Doug is back from England, and is to be stationed in Memphis. Bill Wiepert is again in Germany. 9:30 P.M. Tonight I listened to the arrival of the Japanese surrender delegation to [?] [S?]. Things should really start to hum now - I am anxious to see what the next few steps will be. I've been reading thru the cook books you gave me trying to get into the swing of things again. I've done so little cooking since you left that I bet I'll practically have to start all over again. It will be such fun to unpack my collection of cook books and set them up on a shelf in our next kitchen, wherever it may [pg 4] be. I suppose there isn't any chance at all of your getting home this fall or even for Christmas now. I had been sort of half hoping - but the spring isn't too far off, if you can really make it by then. I won't believe anything til you actually arrive. Oh sweety - I do hope there is some mail tomorrow, I miss it Love me darling - I love you - Bobby
