Saturday 4 P.M.
20 Apr. 46
My darling Fran:
Well dear
after many many weeks I’m finally settled. I can unpack my barracks bag and
live like one should live. When I wrote to you Thurs. night I was in Kyoto and I told you I was going to Takamatsu that night. We went there but we
didn’t go until Friday morning as there was two officers going with us and they
wanted to go in the daytime so we could enjoy the trip so Duff and I stayed at
the Kyoto Rest Center
all night. While we were there we took in a movie, I had seen it before but
since Duff hadn’t I stayed to see it again, it was “Doll Face”. We hit the sack
early as we had to get up at 5:15 to catch our train at 6 o’clock. It was
rather a nice trip down to Takamatsu
arriving there around 1 o’clock. We were immediately introduced to our CO.
Capt. Smith and assigned to sub detachments. We met four more CIC men on the
train going to Takamatsu
so that made 8 of us (3 officers and 5 enlisted men). A 2nd
Lt. Trabulsi, Bill M., and myself were assigned to Tokoshima. We arrived here
at 7:30 in the evening and the officer in charge, Bill P., was preparing to
leave for the states for discharge. He is certainly a fine fellow and was very
much liked. The officer he left in charge is also a swell fellow. There isn’t
any formality or chicken, everyone is called by there first name and the rank
is forgotten. This town I’m now in was pretty well hit by the Air Force but not
as badly as Tokyo.
We have our office in the court house and we are about the only American troops
around, the other outfits are British. At present we are living in a Japanese
Hotel which isn’t too bad but I haven’t gotten used to sleeping on the floor
and sitting on the floor to eat. The Japanese are building us a new home (15
rooms) but it won’t be finished until May sometime. The people here treat us
very nice but maybe they figure they have to. There are at present seven men
but tomorrow one fellow leaves for Tokyo
to attend school leaving two officers and four enlisted men all very nice
fellows. There is positively nothing to do outside of a movie about twice a
week so dear I’m certainly going to have lots of time to think about you. Honey
just the short time I’ve been here already that’s all I’ve done is set and
wonder what my darling was doing and how she was. Dear I know you miss me but
it doesn’t hurt you like it does me because you have all our friends and plenty
to do to occupy your mind. Boy if I was ever blue dear it’s right now, I
certainly hope for my own good I get over it or it will drive me crazy. Honey I
love you more every minute, you mean every thing in the world to me and you’re
all I ever want. It may be hard for you dear but I still think it’s harder for
me. I have a change to accept a Warrant officers rating dear but I must enlist
one year from the date that I receive it which means I probably wouldn’t get it
for at least 2 or maybe 3 months then from that time I must enlist for one year
and I can’t see being away from you that long.
I keeping my fingers crossed that I can be on my way home this coming
January so you keep your fingers crossed with me dear. Any mail that you have
addressed A. P.O. 500 is O.K. but if you mark my future mail as follows: 61st
C.I.C. Det. Area “A” A.P.O. 24 c/o Post. Master, San F--
Calif. I will receive it about two days faster. I haven’t had any mail from you
in four days but I guess that’s because I’ve been moving around but dear don’t
ever stop writing because I live from day to day for your letters, its the only
thing I have to bring you close to me. From the bottom of my heart dear I’d
give everything I have or ever owned to be back with you for good. Well dear I
Guess I’ve shot off my big mouth long enough but before I close let me assure
you one thing, everything I said in this letter I mean because I love you and
only you. I’m still being a good boy so you be good and keep yourself ALL for
me. When I get back I’ll love you so [edited for content] much you’ll probably
wish I had stayed in Japan.
Give my regards to your mother & dad, Geo, & Blanch, and all our
friends.
From
your husband who is never going
To
stop loving you.
Your
honey.
P.S.
Send some 6¢
air mail stamps they are hard to get here.