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Hi Kid:
How are you to-day [sic]? I feel ok but I’d rather be with you this army life is killing me. I’d like it much better down here if it would stop raining just for a day but no it got to [sic] rain all the time. Darling when are you coming down…

Hi Darling
How is every body [sic] and everything back home and do you still miss me? Well I feel a lot better now and I think I love you more. I went to the show last night after I wrote you the letter and it was good, you ought to see it. The name…

Hi Darling:
I love you [D]arling and I fell a lot better to-day [sic]. I wrote to my two brothers and told them what happened on my furlough. Darling I’m sorry that I haven’t written to you every day as I promised but its [sic] been Hell down here…

[official United States Army seal is at the top and center of the page]
Camp Campbell, Ky. [Kentucky]
Dec. 26, 1943
Dear Yvette,
Well you just keep wishing hard enough and I’ll probably be home before the New Year. Well darling here it is the day…

Camp Campbell, Ky. [Kentucky]
Dec. 25, 1943
Hi Yve:
How’s everything to-day [sic]? I’m having a swell time to-day [sic] over here in the service club, they hand out cigarettes, candy and nuts. You know this is the first day I’ve been out of bed…

Hi [D]arling:
Well here it is Christmas and I got your card and it’s swell. It’s been raining for the past three days and I feel lousy if you knew what I mean. Gee I miss you [D]arling and I hope this war gets over with in a hurry so I can go home…

Camp Campbell, Ky. [Kentucky]
Dec. 23, 1943
Dear Yvette,
Well its [sic] me again and feeling in the pink again almost. Anyway a lot better than I did yesterday. How are you? You know that next door neighbor of mine back home, well I got a letter…

Camp Campbell, Ky. [Kentucky]
Dec. 22, 1943
Hello Darling,
Well darling I guess I didn’t knock on wood hard enough because I caught one of those colds and got taken for a ride to the doctors and he made me stay in bed since monday [sic]. Well…

Hello Darling
I love you more than ever to-night [sic]. I got that [C]hristmas card you sent and every body [sic] had to see it and they all thought gee she must love you a lot to send you a card like that. Well to-day [sic] was a very busy day, and…

How is everything to-day [sic] back in my old home town? You know what [D]arling, I went everywhere within fifty miles of the cmao trying to find some Christmas cards but there wasn’t one left to be had so I guess I won’t be able to send any. How is…