March 19, 1942 (Thursday)

Southern Pacific

In the “roaring forties” again – cold and stormy. Speeded up and San Francisco date changed to March 31. The sooner the better. I’m getting damn sick of sea voyages.

I hope I’ll have some chance of getting back to Australia with a B-24 squadron. I really like that damn country – also the East Indies. I find myself more and more looking forward to getting out there again.

Things are going to be a God-awful mess in the U.S. when this war is over, I think would be a damn good move  to forget the old home and take up a life in South America (Chile or Ecuador) or Australia (Brisbane or Sydney).