May 30, 1944

Dear Joy & all:

Well, today is Decoration Day, but not in the Navy. I have been over to the Naval Hospital at Grasse Ile since yesterday noon, and just got back this P.M. and am back at school again. They took a bunch of x-rays of my knee, and, found a torn cartilage and I am going to get treatments for it at the morning and evening sick call. They made an elastic thing for me to wear on it during the day and I get Diathermy and heat treatment and massage twice a day for a month. That way I can go on and finish school here and the big shot at the hospital thinks that it will be O.K. then. He don’t know how long it has been that way tho. I don’t want them to know that I had trouble with it before I came in here.

I went to a Navy party Sunday night and had a pretty good time. There were a lot of Navy there from all over this part of the country and free drinks and eats. I heard today over at Grasse Ile that our company would go West from here, and, if we do, I should get at least 3 days at home on the way, but, not over 5 days.

We are going to start wearing our whites Friday of this week and after that about all I will be doing is washing white clothes, so if you don’t get any letters after that you will know the reason why.

Tell Margaret that I will write sometime, but I just don’t have time except on liberty days and don’t want to take time then, but she can write anyhow and I will sometime. I guess I had better get back to work and try to catch up on some of it, so I will close for now.

Love,

Tom