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Fort Knox, Kentucky
Oct 5, 1942
Hi Darling
I got a new job now and it kind of hard at the begining [sic] but it will get better. First I’ll tell you that I couldn’t get mass on the long distance I tried all [S]aturday night and then I tried from 7…

Hi Darling:
How are you getting alond [sic] with the pain in your chest. You better do as your mother tells you because she knows best. Oh how I wish I was there with you so I could be the doctor then everything would be allright [sic]. I hope they…

Hi [D]arling
How’s everything back home? I heard that quite a few people died in that fire in Boston the other night. Was there anybody that I knew? We’re having a big snow storm down here to-day [sic] and is it cold . I woke up this morning and…

Hi [D]arling:
How’s everything been going since I left? Gee you don’t know how lonesome I am since I left. I felt so empty inside. I didn’t know what you would call it but I just couldn’t eat at all. I never thought love could do that to me. I love…

Dec. 11, 1944
8:00 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
Well darling it snowed all day to day [sic] and all we got to show for it is just enough to cover the ground. Its [sic] starting to freeze now and its [sic] quite windy now too. I’m just about frozen with out…

Dec. 12, 1944
8:30 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
well its [sic] been quite a day with all this and thats [sic] and I’m just about ready to go to bed. First off this morning I got up, then I went to eat and then to work as usual. Everything went along smooth…

Dec. 13, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Darling Yve,
Well here it is the 13th which means we’ve been married six months to-day and it don’t [sic] seem that long at all. I guess its [sic] because we haven’t been together too much of the time. I got a nice letter…

Dec. 16, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
Well I got two nice letters from you to day which makes me feel a lot better. If you want me to I’ll go in town and check on that reservation at the hotel. I just can’t wait until you come down though. You…