Dart seems to be in better spirits as he writes to Dot from the Lutheran Service Center in Charleston. He and Jack Bevins came back into the city today to do some shopping and sightseeing. The shopping endeavor yielded nothing but ideas, but the sightseeing took them into areas they’d not yet explored. Dart says the city gets more and more interesting, except there’s really nothing much to do. He learned there’s a symphony orchestra that will be performing on Dec. 3 and 4. He plans to attend those concerts.

He and Jack saw a movie called “The Falcon of San Francisco,” which made him homesick for a city that’s not his home. It underscored how much he enjoyed his months there while he studied at Treasure Island.

He was happy to get two letters from her today, and it made him want to call. Unfortunately, there is a five-hour delay on calls to Cleveland.

“Goodnight, my Darling. I’m always proud and happy to have you as a fiance. That makes me lucky in many, many ways. My Navy luck just doesn’t exist. I’ll elaborate on that sometime. I love you very much. Thanks you for being everything you are.”

I hope we hear what he meant by his non-existent Navy luck, but I’d have told him that his Navy luck came through for him when he survived the war!