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A Letter Home On ii iaril L.S.S. CsM-ade ALL AT SEA I S imr» here in the Pacific) August. 1943 Drar (jiiisiii Ili ' pziliali: Well, here we are al last where we were going when we lefl where we were. As a matter i f fact we ' ve heen here for quite a while now, and I guess 1 owe Null a nicr lonn li-ller to ti-ll ynu all almut it. Not that I want to add to the work of the censors. They seem to lie well, meaning chaps and I don ' t want to burden them unduly. In this connection it occurs to me that it would assist them somewhat if I have a try at censoring this letter myself. There ' ll be a couple of things they will want crossed out, and I mij:lit as well dn that as I go along. First of all. I know Inm anxious you are to hear all alniut my ship. Naturally, I can ' t give you the exact dimensions. But. incluiling the length, it is somewhere between HHH and IHHB ' ' ' ' ' long. This is, however, without considering the width. You can get a fair idi-a of what that is when I tell you that if the ship were placed sideways in a certain-sized space, it would very likely reach from here to there. . ccording to recent estimates the vessel ' s gross displacement is approxi- mately half or twice what you think it is. This is calculated in short tons of iiiurse. L.ong tons are extra this year. You will also be interested to know that llie ship is so arranged mechanically as to move through the water with the forward eml going first, and the after part afterward. S ime idea of this fine lialaiice in design lan lie gained when you notice how tiie upper decks are to l c found above the lower, and the ingenious way the port side of the ship was built just to the left of starboard. It is propelled by propellers, its living spaces are used for living in, and it is lit with lights. I know you ' ve iirard a lot of things about the acrommodalions provided for the crew on this type of ship. I ' m afraid I ' ll have to set you right on that. It is simply not true that as a first-class Second Class seaman 1 have a suite of rooms with a private shower and band-embroidered bath towels and that my personal steward ' s name is Fredericks. I don ' t know how such things get slarled. Il just i n ' l sn. Ili» nanii- is Hastings. One of till- nicer things about the ship is the way they let you sleep late in the a.m. We are permitted to sleep until haljpasi (imagine!) on weekdays and even later on .Sundays and holidays. But here again it is not quite perfect. There is a man who comes around every morning right at the hour mentioned anil passes the remark to pli-ase get up ir he ' ll toss us over the side. There have been tiini-s whin lir has lii-en very ungentlenianlN. c all gel so provoked at him. Anil I -irniiK niii i lill ynn about til noiiri liing. For breakfast wr Iiim- | Fill ilinnrr we have a large lirl|iiri;; ..I pi-r till ' main dish is usuallv I HHH hint. It IS iinilorinly food and often WllB — •- • ' I I ' il ' uig hot. HUHH I ' I iilssiliilc. Fur », lia r ■■■i instead. but not often.) I am purliriilarly fond of the tiesserts. Thi- chief steward is a splniiliil fellow ami lie nearly always tops them olT with a poonful of yummy c al«ii ban- a gnat many sports. There is one »|Hirt played on the deck in which we divide up into one team. It is playe l with a long stick with a kind of a biinili of cloth on ibe end and u pail of »ali ' r and soap and »■ ' walk I ' lif!,! ' Eif htei ' n
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