October 29, 1943
In this day’s letter, Dot reveals her typical exuberant self. A little sarcastic, but not bitingly so; somewhat flirtatious, but in a sort of shy way. She is obviously thrilled with the attentions of a certain handsome sailor. The two correspondents have decided to try to maintain the pace of a letter each day and Dart has left the V-12 unit at Case, joined the active Navy, and is on his way to Great Lakes naval base in Illinois.
Dot fears that the “letter-a-day” pace they’ve set for themselves may be hard to maintain. She claims life at school is so dry that she doubts there will much fodder for her letters. Her writing style is breezy, yet sweet, and Dart is so enamored with her that she could write a two-page description of the wallpaper, and he’d be enchanted.
How she hopes she’ll get a letter from Great Lakes Naval Base tomorrow.
When Susan called last night I got out the letters from 1943 but there were none from Dart between the 29th of Oct. and Nov. 3rd. That’s because he was being sent to Great Lakes Hospital for surgery on his back. He had so much to do checking out of Case and getting all his papers in order that he didn’t have time to write.
Since I had the letters out I began to re-read them. They mean almost as much to me now as they did then.
Dot
I’m so enjoying reading these! I love all the descriptions of roomates and goings on with transportation etc. Thank you for sharing! robin
Thanks, Robin. I’m really glad you’re reading these. As you know, the story gets better as it goes along!