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Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 22, 1942
Hi Darling
Having a good time wish you were here (and hon). I just got your letter with the pictures in it and there [sic] good but the real person is a lot better don’t you think? You know what darling? I love…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
March 23, 1943
Darling:
Well here I am. All alone in the commanding officer’s office working out my change of quarters, (CQ), in army language. Well to-morrow [sic] the company has off that means no duties but I’ll have to…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
April 16, 1943
Hello darling:
Well darling I guess we’re both in the same boat. I got a cold to[o] and I’ve been taking pills to[o]. It isn’t warm down here anymore. Yesterday we had a snow storm. I think I caught my cold…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 9, 1943
Hi Yve:
Just got another letter from you to-day [sic] and am feeling on top of the world. Gee it must be swell to be able to go swimming when you want to. I’ll have to wait until I get home before I get in the…

Sunday Oct. 8, 1944
Dearest darling wife,
Well here it is sunday[sic] and I just came back from church. The chaplain held services in the field today and I guess everybody went. It was a very cold night last night but its [sic] nice and warm now.…

Friday Oct. 13, 1944
Dearest darling wife,
Well darling here it is friday the 13th and we’ve been married four months. Darling it seems its[sic] been a long time but it really hasn’t, I guess its[sic] because I haven’t seen you for a long time.…

Oct. 15, 1944
(maneuvers)
Dearest darling wife,
Well its sunday again and I feel kind of lonesome but better days are coming. I think I’ll be coming home on the next branch that goes. It ought to leave around the twentieth of the month or a little…

Oct. 16, 1944
(Still on maneuvers)
Dearest darling wife,
Here I am lying down in my text writing because there isn’t enough room to sit up. Well darling we’ll be back in the barracks friday and and I’ll feel much better. I got a letter from you…

Nov. 15, 1944
8:30 PM
Dearest darling wife,
I love you period. I love you comma, I love you anyway you are ever with all the fixings. Well darling its [sic] been an awful tough day. We went out to the range and fired two shots and the rest of the…

Nov. 25, 1944
9:30 P.M.
My darling wife,
Gee I miss you tonight and I didn’t get any letter today either. Well darling nothing exciting has happened today. This morning I was driving for supply and at ten o’clock I and the rest of the company had…