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#182 Navy #3247 (Mil. Govt) FPO San Francisco Wednesday 28 March 1945 Darling, Spent the balance of yesterday evening (after class was over about 8:15) typing two pages of a letter to Dr. Cottrell of Columbia T.C…and a member of the board which runs I.H. It's a partial description of the school in connection with a request for sample books and advice. I'll send you a copy when it's finished. Received yesterday your letter written St. Patrick's Day (197) in which you mention Walter's next to last call to Helen, and Kneerim's going out soon…yes, darling, I too think I got a better deal all around, and I'm glad you feel good about it. And, as you say, we have 6 months behind us. The little pink begonias (more of a lavender fringed with brown when they arrived here) are pretty and delicate flowers. What would be exotic specialties in the east seem to flourish everywhere in California. Are you getting spoiled by the climate? Yes, something terrific is brewing. Till now or recently I've assumed that it would continue to be, as heretofore, piecemeal and step by step. Possibly there'll be an all out effort with a number of diversionary landings. Couldn't be that for two or three months, tho - not so soon after Iwo. There are less than 100,000 [pg 2] marines in existence (I think), and about half of them must have been on Iwo. Well, I’d as soon wait and see as to speculate on what I don't know anything about. Do you think Japan's Islands of Mystery is worth getting? I browsed thru it in a Honolulu bookstore and liked it. How about sending me a copy? Darling, it's probably good for you to walk into an occasional embarrassing situation like those of Bev's - you don't have to justify it as a case of “on her it looks good”; some people just are that way, enough so that it's just as well to be used to the idea. Why? Well, because it's a highly personal matter, and only a part of what a person is to be judged by. In Bev's case, of course, it's a measure of instability and seems to me rather adolescent, but that doesn't necessarily follow for all such attractions. As long as you’re sure of yourself and where your heart lies it's enough to observe, smile inwardly a little, and forget about it; to do otherwise is to become fussy and narrow, (to me) greater weaknesses than the sin of which Bev is probably blithely guilty. Late to work already - I love you Warren
