Barbers Point NAS

Got the bad news today that the boys down in the Solomons have been transferred to another squadron (no word on which yet). Pretty raw deal for them. It wouldn’t be so bad if we hadn’t gotten these B-24s in the meantime. That means they’ll be stuck in PBYs for at least another six months to a year. The thought of their bad luck must almost drive them nuts. Poor old Ortwin.

Canceled instrument hop this afternoon because of leaky selector valve and no interphone.

Saw another USO show. A group of native Samoans. Fairly good. One young fellow in the show was a superb specimen of Polynesian.

The card game, crap shooting crowd or hitting it up again tonight. Every damn night there’s some sort of riot going on.