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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. 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…

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. 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. 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…

[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…

Hi Darling
How are you? I know a little boy who really loves you do you know who I mean? Well [D]arling I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and I feel much better now that I know you still love me. I was beginning to feel a little blue because…

Hello Honey Chile:
How are you to-day [sic] and such? Well I haven’t been doing much to-day [sic]. I went to my letter office and at one thirty I had all my work alone and they wanted me to do some dirty work so I just made an excuse to go back to…

Feb. 16, 1944
10:00 A.M.
Goodmorning Darling:
How are you to day [sic]? I’m having a great time out in the country you see we’re right up near the battle front [sic] and will go into action any time not, but I take time out to write you a letter.…

I love you very much and I received my watch yesterday and it runs perfect. Everything is perfect except the fact that I’m down here and you [are] so far away. I was going to write to you last night and thank you for sending the watch but we had…