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[The following letter was written on Hotel McCurdy paper. There are images of various hotels on the top of the page along with a Hotel McCurdy logo]
Feb. 19, 1944
12:30 P.M.
Hello darling
You may be wondering how I came to be in Indiana, well its…

Feb. 1945
Dearest Yve,
Well darling here I am on the high seas which nobody ever thought that I’d ever get on. I’ve been out now about four days and I really like the ocean. The sleeping quarters are pretty crowded but the food is ok and I feel…

Feb. 1945
at night.
Dearest Yve,
Well darling here I am in the middle of nowhere in France. The places I’ve been are pretty beat up but its [sic] what I expected. I’m going to try to look up brother Bill while I’m here but I don’t know just when…

Feb 2, 1944 20:10 P.M. Hello darling: Well here I am again darling. I’m out on bivouac and this is my second night. The weather is kind of chilly though but I don’t mind it too much because you don’t hang around enough to get cold.…

Feb. 21, 1945
Dearest darling wife + no kids (yet)
Well here I am again and still in the best of health. I went to a near by [sic] town tonight and had a couple of glasses of cider be-cause [sic] thats [sic] about all you can get. Then I came back…

Hi [D]arling
How are you to-day? [I] Have a little time so I thought I would drop you a few lines to let you know I’m still ok and that I still love you. By the way I got to go on guard to-morrow [sic] night and I won’t be able to write. I got a…

Feb. 23, 1944
10:45 P.M.
Hello darling,
I love you, I love you, I love you, now I got that said do you still love me and if you do keep on because I love you. This letter is going to sound kind of crazy to you, but don’t mind it because I feel…

Feb. 23, 1945
8:00 P.M.
Dearest darling wife + no kids (yet)
Well kid here I am and no letter yet. You better put an air mail stamp on one letter so it gets here. I just finished writing a note home and one to bill so I hope I hear something soon.…

Hi [D]earest,
Well I just got off guard and then I had to load some machine gun belts and it is now eight thirty and I [am] going to write you a little note just to tell you how much I love you. Well I’ve been pretty busy lately and haven’t had…

Feb. 25, 1945
8:00 P.M.
Dearest darling wife,
Well here it is sunday [sic] and no letter yet, but theres [sic] always to-morrow. Well darling I had a very busy day trying to take a bath in a helmet and if you think it [sic] easy, just try it…