Letter from "Pete" to his mother, 1945-01-28

"...At the ship's store canteen we can now buy all the candy we want to; even so much as a box. The reason that they've let down and taken the ration off of them is because they are going bad on their hands. Cigarettes are still rationed to a carton a week. But the latter doesn't hold any concern for me so I don't worry too much about it...as for the schooling on board ships--it's definitely out. All you can learn...is what you pick up through experience...."