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[Written on United States Army stationery]
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
Aug. 3, 1944
6:00 P.M.
Dear Mummy,
I’m writing to you this letter to tell you that you can take an early train Monday morning and you’ll arrive some time Tuesday evening. If…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
Aug. 3, 1942
Darling Wife
I love you so much that I pretend that we’re married. Well here it is a day before payday and there is’nt [sic] a thin dime in the camp aint [sic] that something. What is that party that you said you…

[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
Aug. 29, 1944
9:45 P.M.
Hi Yve.,
What are you doing to-night? Well I’m just about ready to go to bed, but now I’m up in my squad leaders room and writing. You see the light went out and the sgt. being a good egg said I…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
August 29, 1943
Sunday.
Hello Honey:
I’m writing you now just in case I won’t have time later. Tell Jil that she’s just a big baby and I mean it to. You know darling Norman never even mention Vi in his letter to me. Is…

[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
Aug. 28, 1944
8:30 P.M.
Dear Yve.,
Its just me again and I’m on duty to-night. [sic] It seems that it’s my turn to drive guard to-night [sic] so here I am with a little peep (the same one you rode in when you came out to…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Aug. [August] 28, 1943
Hi kid:
How’s the rough old world treating you to-day [sic]? I can’t complain because I’m still on this side of the pond. While I was home they shipped a lot of boys over. Boy is it hot down here.…

[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
Aug. 27, 1944
Sunday
4 P.M.
Dearest Yvette,
Well darling I didn’t write last night because when I got in it was too late. We went out last night to dryrun a problem and it was morning when we got back. You see it was a…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Aug. [August] 27, 1943
Late
Hello darling:
In answer to your letter Saturday in the P.S. the answer is (No) [sic] so don’t worry or if you don’t believe wait and find out. I’m glad you like your cedar chest because if you…

[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
Aug. 25, 1944
8:30 P.M.
Hello darling,
Its [sic] just me again and I’m pretty dirty in fact I haven’t had a shower yet, but as soon as I write this letter. Well darling I’m still waiting to hear from you darling and I’m…

[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
Aug. 24, 1944
7:30 P.M.
My darling wife,
Well here I am again and darling I still love you. They are playing Star dust on the radio right now and it make [sic] me more lonely. Well I made the infiltration course last…