Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-01-01

"...At nine o'clock this morning we got paid. A paymaster from another ship came over and paid us. I drew twenty-nine bucks; when I get liberty I'm going to buy a couple pair of dungarees, candy, photo albums, and pictures of this place...There's a movie being shown topside now 'Take or Leave It\' but I'm noty going up to see it. This is one night that I'm going to hit my sack early...."