Monday Aug 23[1]
Went to the
Hollywood Bowl Sat night & heard Arthur Rubinstein play Tchaikovsky B minus
Concerto. Very beautiful & sitting in the stadium under the stars &
hearing such grand music made me yearn for the day when the war is over & I
can seek out a life with beauty & leisure – if such a thing is possible
again. I met Barbara[2]
there & we had a grand time going over all our mutual friends from Fresno what they were
doing etc. Missed the train in to the base[3]
Sat. night so spent a rather perturbed & unsettling night in L.A. wandering
around seeing a show & finally ending up with a long vigil in the station
waiting for the 6 o’clock train. To pass the time I bought the G??h??g Murders[4].
[1] Entry
from one of several journals found with wartime letters. Journal entries are
sporadic.
[2] Unsure
of spelling but defiantly a proper name, maybe Bartarn, but Barbara seems more
certain.
[3] I
believe this is his first base in Southern California
that he was stationed at upon entry service and not yet an officer.
[4] Could be
two words “G ????” A search for best guesstimate titles starting with G was
unsuccessful. It could also be a title of a crime magazine not a novel. Will
try to put up a scan of the original document in the future. Any help identifying
is appreciated.
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