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Camp Campbell, Kentucky
July 1, 1943
Hello Frenchy:
How are you doing? I’m fine I just got back from two days in the field and had a nice cold shower. What more could a guy ask except the impossible like asking for someone like you to be here…


Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 22, 1943
10:30 PM
Hi darling:
I just finished doing my washing and am [sic] plenty tired. Something broke down where they were doing our laundry and they don’t know when it will be fixed so for the last two weeks…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 20th, 1943
Hello darling:
It shore [sic] am [sic] hot down here to day [sic]. I wish I could go swimming. Darling I got some bad news for you to day [sic] and I might as well tell you about it. I won’t be able to get a…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 8, 1943
Hell darling:
Well here I am again I and I still love you more than ever. It’s a little cooler here to day [sic] and it makes you feel like doing something. I was riding on the bus [hours] [when] I saw three…

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…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
April 26, 1943
Hi Kid:
What’s cooking? Your [sic] getting good. I got two letters from you to-day [sic] which made me both happy and sad at the same time. Gee I love you and I wish I could go back and continue where I left…


Camp Campbell, Kentucky
April 23. 1943
Darling:
Thanks for the box of candy I got to-day [sic]. It’s been quite a while since I had any good candy. You see, down here they got us rationed to[o]. All we can eat is two bars of candy a day at the…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
April 5, 1943
Hello darling.
Well I got three letters to day [sic] and I’m sorry if I said anything in them (I mean my letter or letters to you) to hurt your feeling[s]. That would be the last thing I would ever want to do.…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
March 26, 1943
Hi Kid.
How are you? I got another letter from you to-day [sic] and it made me feel like taking off over the hill and go[ing] home. Well darling I went down to the motor park [and] did a little work and came…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
March 22, 1943
Hi Eve.
I feel good to-day [sic]. I just got three letters from you. One dated the 17th, one the 18th, and the other one the 19th. So you see that there’s a hold up [sic] in the mail somewhere between here…