27 March 1946

Dearest Mom,

The address you couldn't make out was "enlisted transient debarkee detachment." Perfectly simple, you see. A better address, I suppose, is "Co. A, casual Detachment, Fort Hamilton, N.Y."

I got two letters while in Indiana one forwarded by Reba I and one via Reba II. And Dad gave me all that he brought. He told me the complete story of his infection. I had a very good time with him we had a couple of meals with Moe together, saw Moe's family, say the Mirskys, and wandered through the Museum of Modern Art.

I am doubtful that I can get our of the army before my time is up because there is no economic necessity however, you might see what the local Red Cross has to say they're the ones that verify cases of dependency. There is also a chance, although slight , that the time requirement swill change in April.

I go the Mirskys about once a week, but I always take a box of candy or some flowers. I think Reba likes to see me.

I'm surprised to hear that B Tyler is having a little one. She used to say that she like having me around because I made a fourth at the table, an I would counter by saying that she could without much difficulty produce her own. So whether she agreed or not , the lack of difficulty is proved.

I was taken off Santa Paula at my own request; I had been told by those that were qualified to know that I would be discharged immediately. So you can understand why I got off the ship: This sort of confusion and inefficiency is more usual that otherwise on the army.

By the way, what happened to Coxes?

I got myself into a little trouble yesterday. The colonel came around on an inspection and found a bottle of wine and one of cherry liqueur in my barracks bag. It's been so long since an inspection of that sort that I forgot about the necessity of hiding the stuff. I could have been court marshaled and spent six month in the guardhouse, but charges weren't pressed. So I escaped retribution, but I lost a good bottle of wine.

Dad tells me Pete is leading a gay life, and also about Crellie's fluency in French. He also said he thinks I ought to stay in school without interruption until I acquire a degree of some sort.

All my love, Mom,

Linie

By the way, I acquired from the box office two tickets, 23^rd row orchestra, for showboat on the 25^th, and two tickets, 20^th row orchestra, or Oklahoma for Saturday matinee. Not very good, but the best I could do without gong to our agency, which perhaps I should have done. But they're expensive enough anyway, $19.20 for the four! Are there any other shows you would like to see?

L.