Letter transcription:

Mon Mar 29, 1943
Lieut RS Yegerlehner USNR
A.P.O. 43
% Postmaster – San Fran.

Dear Mother,

Finished my laundry this A.M. but it being a cloudy damp day there isn’t any drying going on. My towels, underware etc are getting very smuggy looking and even boiling them for about one hour didn’t help – guess I should have some bleach but after all is said and done just so the smell is out of the things. I’ll have to buy lots of things when I get back to civilization. It sure will be funny to have lights at night and have running water and a few of the other things we always seem to take for granted. Other than a match

[page 2] I haven’t seen a light for about 1 ½ months. All that just shows you how sorry I’m feeling for myself.

You said the floor in the den was sloping toward the piano – where did you put it in the living room? And what will keep it from doing the same thing. Have Link take a look – and maybe he could put in some sort of a brace or post to keep the same from happening there – I don’t mean he would put it in but he could make suggestions and you could have someone else to do the work.

I have no complaints to make in the least about your clothes for I feel that

[page 3] you were due some and anyway I sent you enough money for your own use but I guess you bought bonds too much. What the heck just so you have enough money to keep everything going. Since Feb 12, I’ve spent about $12.00 – $5.40 for mess bill while – aboard ship and $3.60 for a case of pineapple juice. And the rest for cigarettes, tobacco and stamps and some stationary. So you see I have really been economizing. Wasn’t anything else to be bought. Just started to rain so must get the buckets out.

Later – caught about 15 gal of pure rain water so can now take good bath etc.

The executive officer and I are about ready to mix a drink

[page 4] good and strong – lime juice and water – rain water. He is from Texas. He is a full commander. We seem to be pretty much alone so thought we would pass the time away but he has been called to the telephone and I’m writing while he has gone. Maybe it sounds funny that I should say telephone but we do have them.

Well, it’s about time we went ahead with our P.M. drink so – solong until tomorrow.

Love Daddy

P.S. I’d like to see the red outfit.

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