Dear Folks:
I know I ought to write to you tonite but I’m having a time conjuring a mood for the occasion. Anyway with time so abundant I better.
As I told you in my last letter I’m in the hospital with a case of mild infantigo but since I’ve been here it has almost cleared completely and I’m looking forward to getting my release someday next week. I shall have been in a week next Monday. I have been getting three pills about twice a day and the sore spots smeared with suphathyacol. One guy across the isle is from Brooklyn, has his ears painted purple and has his hair shaved off. He sports a typical accent but his purple ears cause the most comment. His most common moniker is ear muffs. He reminds me of the homeliest guy in the ‘Dead End Kids’.
Suppose by the time you get this letter you will have seen Katie (doesn’t he mean Nancy?) graduate and the end of one more struggle partly whipped. I would accept a few months in the guardhouse to see her for awhile. Suppose she looks as vivid and sparkling as ever. What should I present her for graduation? A little late but I’ll get her something.
Your last letter mailed the fourteenth never reached me until today the 22nd.
There is still nothing on furloughs—nothing at all, not even a clue. Our officers know nothing about it so all we can do is wait until the announcement is given. How will this affect your California trip?
Got a letter from Gramma today pretty brief but general. She said she had another spell of high blood pressure, also that Dick could now work in Consolidated. Dick is pretty esoteric in everything and it’s hard to tell what he thinks.
Well I’ll write tomorrow in release from this letter so until then.
Love,
Katie (my mom) graduated from St. Luke’s School of Nursing with a diploma in nursing in 1942. Not certain of the date, yet should have been in the spring of 1942.
Marcia
Marcia, thanks for the clarification of your mom’s graduation date from nursing school. I know Nancy also graduated as a nurse but didn’t have a date. Love clarifications! And your attention to detail! Thanks for reading all dad’s letters! My goal is to make them as accurate as possible.