Dear Folks:

I suppose I should be working, or at least look like I’m working, but this is Sunday morning and I guess some of (the) effects of civilian Sunday still persist.  I just came from church a few minutes today and for something different the Chaplain had a small group of Hawaiian women to sing.  But this group was about like the usual small town choir.  It always seems that the worst singer is the director and this one was no exception.  Every time I looked at her it reminded me of Amie Schmaltz alias Mrs. Snyder, for she looked just like her.  They sang a Hawaiian hymn that sounded like a baby learning to talk.  This afternoon I hope to float around in the salt water and get knocked around by the waves.  I guess I told you about the new army recreation center, the ‘Tradewinds’ where we spend the Sunday afternoons.  This Sunday morning is a beautiful one which reminds me of a balmy June at home and the pineapple fields and the palm trees reflect the same feeling.  From where I sit I can see the ocean a few miles away, a deep blue with billuous clouds riding along the horizon.

I received the Free Press a few days ago and noted the letter about my meeting with Dick.  The letter was a pretty poor one but I hope you caught the spirit of the good time we had.  What do you think of the pictures?

Dad’s circular letter came yesterday and I think you have a good system making one copy go all around.  I’m glad you got the book on the way.  Hope I can keep in control until it gets here.  A few days (ago) I bought ‘Mission to Moscow’ which is darn good reading and very interesting.

I don’t like to say too much about the war because it is such a big subject, but things look favorable on every front.  I especially remember the President stating that an all-out offensive against Japan would begin this year.  It seems far-fetched to me but I’m not in much of a position to critize or adjudge.  You probably know that most of the island population is Japanese but there has never been an act of sabotage since the war began.  The Japs seem to control most of the business stores, that is the small ones, and generally rate higher than the other races, in prominence, in education, and civic circles.  The true Hawaiians are diminishing rapidly from intermarriage and only on the other side of the mountain are there still some vestiges of an old Hawaiian life and villages.  The combinations from intermarriage are terrific and I think you could find any combination on the island.

I’m being paged to go to the PX and I’m about out of anything else to write so better stop.

Love,