Box 1
Contains 24 Results:
Birthday at sea / Preparation for final inspection / Importance of mail / Anticipation of discharge. (11 Letters).
Movies at the RKO State Theater, New Brunswick, New Jersey / 8th Fleet's arrival in New York harbor / Reactions to conditions in San Juan / Impending merchant marine strike / Impending appendix removal / Student life in Bound Brook High School. (11 Letters).
Arrival at Sampson Naval Base / Adjustment to military life, clothing, food, haircut etc. / Classification tests / Burgeoning camaraderie / Response to changes at home / Lack of homesickness / Joe "Do-Do" Scagliotta / Communal entertainment / Aspirations to Navy V-12 program / Military inspections and discipline. (14 Letters).
Catholic field mass / Reflections on taking orders as opposed to independent thought / Radar and Sonar tests / Boat drills / African American seamen transferred into same unit (July 8) / Mess hall duty / Tear gas chamber drills and reflections on chemical warfare / Fire fighting drills. (13 Letters).
Joe Scagliotta's torn ligament / Russian declaration of war on Japan / Reaction to VJ day (Aug. 17) / USO / Impending leave. (6 Letters).
Arrival at Newport Training Station / Equality amongst the men, as opposed to boot camp / Regrets of growing up / Plans for college / Brother Joe's adjustment to high school / Sale of his car back home / Navy day in Newport (Oct. 28). (15 Letters).
Weekend leave / Admittance to US Naval Hospital, contagion ward (Dec 21) / First mention of Louise (Dec. 24) / Christmas in the hospital / Mother's work at Calco (later American Cyanamid). (11 Letters).
New Years at the hospital / 1946 Orange Bowl / Anticipation of discharge from the hospital / Return to duty (Feb. 6) / Assignment to heavy cruiser USS Albany (Feb. 11) / Division "E" for electrical / Satisfaction of learning something practical (Feb. 15) / Difficulty of classes. (12 Letters).
Return from Bermuda / Attempts to salvage a crashed plane at sea / Preparation for the Prom / Frustration over being transferred / First letter from USS Huntington (Mar. 27) / Cruise to Norfolk for demagnetization / Seasickness. (5 Letters).
Reflection on Cuba / Availability of nylons / Shakedown drills / Reflections on learning and effects of the Navy (Apr. 13) / Military life not for him / Homesickness / Easter aboard ship (Apr. 25) / Monotony of drills. (7 Letters).