Stan has received the paperwork needed to return for his studies. We find him in Bainbridge, Maryland, as a student, for one semester up to May 1944 to obtain his high school credit for a diploma. This is the only letter I possess written during this time period.
He mentions his opinion about the military standards he has to put up with as a student. Does he not know about these with his experience so far in the Navy! "If I can stand the regulations and petty penalization of everybody, I have a chance of getting through. There are times when I honest[ly] and truly get disgusted with the whole set-up."
He is thankful that he can come home every other week if he keeps his grades up.
From his records, I find Stan onboard the USS Leyte from May 1944 to January 1945 serving on a west PAC stationed from California.
USS Leyte (ARG-8), later USS Maui (ARG-8), was a Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship that saw service in the United States Navy during World War II. Named after Leyte Island in the Philippines, she was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name Leyte. After training in the Chesapeake Bay, Leyte sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, on 3 October 1944 for Pacific duty. She reported to Commander Service Force 7th Fleet on 26 November at Hollandia, New Guinea. Here she became a repair ship for assault ships. She was renamed the USS Maui on the 31 May 1945. 1
1. Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org),"USS Leyte (ARG-8)," rev. on 1:12, 14 May 2017.
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