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Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 31, 1942

Dear Yve,
Are you lonesome[?] I am but there is nothing I can do about it. I got the candy you sent me. It was swell. Well darling I’m lost without you but with you I would be sitting on top of the world. (I…


Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 31, 1943
7:30 PM.
Hello darling:
I just got one of your letters that you sent me with the address upside down. What[‘]s the matter is everything up there upside down like it is down home? I got a pass Saturday night…

Laufen, Germany
May 31, 1945
Hi darling,
It [sic] only me again and I feel like a drowned rat I just came in from a six hour guard and we got one of those Kentucky rainy days and I mean it rains here. Boy I’m sleepy tonight and I’m going to bed…

Fort Devens, Massachusetts

May 4th 1942

Darling Yve;
How do you feel now that I not[sic] around any more. [A]re you staying home every night or going out[?]. Excuse the writing because I am laying down and writing on a book. This morning I was…


Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 4, 1943
10:00 PM.
Hello darling:
Well to-day [sic] I think I’ve worked the hardest that I ever worked since I came in the army. First the motor Sgt. [Sergeant] took sick and they sent him to the doctor and about an…


Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 2, 1943
Hello darling:
Well here it is Sunday and I got a little time off. I haven’t written for the past three or four days because the mater Sgt. [Sergeant] has been sick and I had to take his place while he’s out.…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 5, 1943
Hi darling:
You don’t know how much I miss you either, and in your letter you said you played Society Corp. What’s that? I’ve played just plain crap but none of that society stuff. What will they think of next?…

May 5, 1945
Saturday
Dearest Yve.,
Well its [sic] me again and I’m just about the same only I miss you more all the time and I can’t wait until I get home. Well darling everything is fine over here and I can’t complain too much, althou [sic] I do…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 6, 1943
Hello honey:
How’s my little baby to-night [sic]? Gee I miss you so much but then I can’t do very much about it. I got your letter this afternoon and the strand news with it. Darling how did I ever or what did I…

Sunday
May 6, 1945
Dearest darling wife,
Here it is sunday [sic] and I haven’t been to church yet, dont [sic] you think I’m awful? They may have church this after noon [sic] and I’ll go. Just think three years ago I was at Fort Knox and wondering…