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Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 24, 1943
Hello darling:
I guess you’ve been wondering why I haven’t written lately well in case you don’t know I’ve been to the doctor’s most of the time and he had me in bed with my foot tied up in the air. It seems I…

May 24, 1945
8:00 P.M.
Hello darling,
I didn’t write last night as you probably already know because besides that twelve hour guard I had some driving to do. Did you miss me much darling? Kind of rubbing it in huh? Gee darling I miss you so much…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 25, 1942

Dear Yve,
I just got your box of candy and it was swell. I couldn’t be better. It was so thoughtful of you to send if. I knew you wouldn’t forget me. Well here I am just got an injection and my arm is a little…


Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 25, 1943
Hi darling:
I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and I’m glad you had a good time at the play. As for me I’m about OK [sic] to-day [sic]. I can walk around pretty good but I still have to keep off of it.…

May 25, 1945
Dear Yve.,
Well darling its [sic] just me again an [sic] lonlier [sic] than ever. I can’t see very well to-night [sic] there’s something wrong with our electricity and it won’t stay on. Well we got a new mascot for our platoon to-day…

May 27, 1945
Sunday.
Dearest wife,
Well its [sic] me again and I’m feeling fine. today [sic] is sunday [sic] and I just got back from church and I think maybe I’ll go swimming this after-noon [sic]. I got another package from your [sic] and…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 28, 1942

Darling Yve,
I am having a swell time. I just got back from the hike that we started out on Monday morning. First off it was raining for two days and oh well I’ll start off with the beginning. We left camp monday…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 28, 1943
Hello darling:
Well it[‘s] about time I started writing again don’t you think? I’ve been so darn busy lately that I haven’t had anytime at all..You see it’s the last week of the recruit[‘]s basic training and…

May 28, 1945
11:30 P.M.
Hello darling,
Well darling its [sic] kind of late for me to be writing but I just can’t sleep knowing I can write and didn’t. Nothing exciting happened to-day [sic] I just drove and pulled guard, and I got to go back on at…

Laufen, Germany
May 30, 1945
Hello darling,
I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and its [sic] a big mistake because I never been to England and didn’t get near a mike, so how could people hear me. I wish I was in England thou [sic] because then…