Dart begins his “wee note” by saying that everything near him is FUBAR – “Fouled up beyond all recognition.” He still doesn’t know when he’ll return to duty, but he’s trying to be prepared when the call comes.

He has his uniform ready, his personal effects are nearly packed, and he’s done a little shopping while on his one-day pass off the ward.

One of the items he bought is on it’s way to Greenwich, carrying all his wishes for Dot on her 18th birthday, and all his gratitude for what she has become to him.

He mentions that today is his parents 24th anniversary. He was going to call them, but their recent letter said they’d be spending the day downtown watching a parade (Flag Day?) and doing some mild celebrating.

His final line is, as always, a sweet one. “Tonight I can’t find words to describe my love for you, but maybe my birthday present will speak for me.”

Once again, Dot begins her letter with an apology for never having time to write. I marvel how much she squeezes into a single day – every day of the week!

Tonight she went solo to a movie “His Butler’s Sister,” starring Deanna Durbin. She was so taken by the beauty and talent of young Deanna and she seems to feel totally lacking in both. She realizes that statement might make one think she was fishing for compliments, but she says she wasn’t, so Dart must not make any comments.

She says the movie got her to thinking about a lot of things. Are real people ever truly as happy and in love as they seem in movies? When setting goals in life, does setting very high standards make one happy for every achievement made toward that goal? Conversely, do folks who set low goals become dissatisfied and unhappy because there is nothing left to work for? “Better I should stop rambling on about something  I know little or nothing about,” she says.

She writes that her cousin Jane is giving her a birthday party on Friday night. Jane has a surprise up her sleeve. Dot hopes it’s a trip to Playland, which she says is like Euclid Beach in Cleveland, except bigger and better.

She tells Dart she shares his hope that they will see each other soon. She’s waited seven months, but if she had to, she’d wait seven years, because she loves him that much.