Nov. 18, 1945
Dear Al,
Received your letter quite a while ago, and didn’t find
any time to answer it.
Yes, I bet
you would like to be home for a while. They have the Christmas lights up
already but they aren’t going to be lighted up until Dec. 1st. It
will be swell to see
I’m sorry
you were told you weren’t coming home. But I don’t give up hope so easy. I’ll
probably be seeing you before long. At least, I hope so. My old flame (Bill
Buck) is home, I think he’s discharged. I’m not sure though. I can’t see where
he got the points. No, Reds is still in
Yes, it is
pretty cool back here. In fact it’s pretty chilly sometimes (hint).
You said at
the end of your letter that I shouldn’t raise too much care on Halloween. Well,
you needn’t worry about that. We didn’t have a chance. Everyplace we thought we
were going to have fun we would find some cops there. They really were pretty
strict here. We had a nice Halloween parade though. A couple of hands in it and
then at the end a gang of kids all dressed up.
My brother is in
I kept putting off to go out and
take my drivers test and now it’s too late. I’ll have to get another permit. I
don’t care. I was scared anyhow. I think I need a little more practice yet.
I think I’ll go to church tonight
(for a change.) and come home and go to bed. I need a little sleep. I’ve been
out last week almost every night. I lead a rugged life. All I need is you.
There has
been a lot of boys that have come home. Trouble is, I
don’t know any of them. Arthur Jones comes home pretty often now. He is as
crazy as ever. Joe Mairielo (probably spelled wrong)
is in the army. He is now on his was overseas.
I was in the new place (The Colanade) the other night. Boy are
they expensive in there. You just can’t go in there with 2 dollars. You have to
pretty much to go in there and have a lot of fun. Anyway, it’s too classy for
me.
I guess I’ve told you about all I
know. I had to laugh when I read your letter. Especially about the guy that
took one of the native’s boats and got caught and had to peel spuds. Oh well,
it was probably worth it.
I’ll have to close now if I want to
go to church. I wish you all the luck in getting home, Al. It will be swell seeing you again
Love,
Marian