Dart writes a very short letter today. His eyes are tired from standing a four-hour watch this morning in the cold wind. He’s been invited out to dinner tomorrow with Ensign Foecking, Ensign Tupa (both of Case School of Engineering) and their wives. He finds it odd that he must call them “Mr.” aboard ship, but can return to calling them by their first names when they are out at dinner.

This afternoon, he and Blevins took some photos of themselves and the ship’s cat. Now Dart can send a roll of film home to be developed.

When he went on liberty yesterday with a guy named Penn, they saw a Fred Astaire movie called “Yolanda and the Thief.” It was a fantasy fairy tale, shot in beautiful technicolor and had some great dance and dream sequences. Now he’s so tired that he fell asleep while writing this note.

He assumes she’s back in Cleveland and hopes she had a good trip back. He misses her with a deep and abiding ache and can barely wait until they are together for good.