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Feb. 14, 1942 [c. 1943]

My dearest Thomas,

I have spent a very quiet Valentine's
day. I had liberty this after noon and didn't
even take it so you know by that that there
is nothing much to do here.

This morning I work until twelve o'clock.
I had a lot of mail to write up so I could get
it out. I didn't get chance to go to church for the
first time since I've been here.

This afternoon I spent about three hours just
sitting on the wall about two hundred yards from
the office watching the boats. I was all alone and I sure
did have a nice time just looking and thinking. I was
really watching something that I had never seen before.

This afternoon late I had a lot of pleasure giving
little French children fruit life savers. For the
past three weeks the Navy has been giving us a
ration of candy, chewing gum, cigarettes and matches. The
candy they gave us what's fruit life savers. That is
what I was giving the little French children.

Every Sunday afternoon the French Mothers
and Fathers come down by the Base looking
through the fence at us. They are tickled