Dart hopes Dot won’t mind too much if he keeps this letter short. His headache is making it almost impossible to concentrate. It even hurts to think. Whatever sort of letter he manages to write will be sent to his home where it will greet Dot during her Thanksgiving visit.

Added to the other indignities that the Navy forces on its men, there is now the added injustice of near threats to join the regular Navy. The hints, suggestions and urging are ramping up and they’re making Dart mad. He fears if one more person puts pressure on him to join up, he may end up in the brig over the things he’ll scream. It looks as though the Navy is nervous that all these reservists due to get out in the coming months will leave the Navy short handed. Well, it won’t be Dart who helps them fill their rosters. Of that you may be certain!

In other news, he was offered $1,000 today. He went to the dental clinic to have a cavity filled. The three dentists on duty couldn’t find a single cavity – even the dentist who found one the other day and told him it needed filling. The senior dentist told Dart that he’d give the young sailor $1,000 if he could have his teeth. Another of the dentists said Dart’s mouth was the healthiest he’d seen in months. “Okay, so I’m lucky. Good teeth. Good girl. Good family. What more could I want? Goodnight!”