The Letter

Sweetest One,

Hoping to get mail off the ship tomorrow tho I don’t know whether it will be possible or not.  At any rate I won’t be getting any.  I love you Darling.  We’re having beautiful weather.  A brilliant moon and a sea of black and gold.  Doesn’t it sound romantic?  It would be with you.

Nothing unusual going on.  We’re all plugging along the best we can.  I noticed in the press last night they have discontinued rationing on several kinds of meat.  That must simplify things quite a lot.  It must be quite a battle buying chow everything is rationed.

Guess you know I’m looking forward to having some breakfasts with you later on this year.  Golly I miss you Sweetheart.  You know about that, don’t you?

Had pretty good chow tonight.  We had bologna, cheese, chili, beets, grapefruit juice (tinned) and tinned pears.  We do all right for chow most of the time.  I would like to see a banana again though.  Do you ever get them in the states now?

Guess we had a pretty nice time of it before the war didn’t we?  Will probably never see times like those again but with you I will be very happy regardless of how things are.  Of course a little money makes life run more smoothly doesn’t it?  I now have $250 dollars on the books but I think I may have to draw about $50 of it.  I’m going to need a little money soon.  I’m not counting it as savings though but am saving for the day when I return to the states.  Then we will have some money to travel on or whatever we want to do.  Do you think we would have much trouble getting Pullman reservations to K.C.?  I suppose we would.

Must say Goodnight now Darling.  I love you and I send you an Ocean of kisses.

Lovingly Yours
Morris