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Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 19, 1942
Hi Beautiful
What[‘]s cooking? I just got your date’s that you sent and they are very good but I still like the brownies the best. Well I just got back from Louisville and I had the best time I’ve had since I’ve…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 15, 1942
Darling Yve
I haven’t much time to write because the[y] just told us to get our packs rolled for a few days out in the country. I know we got to go 15 miles before noon but that ain’t so bad. How are you? [D]o you…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 14, 1942

My darling little Yve
I haven’t had a letter from you for three days and I wonder if your mad. Sunday night I went to the show and after the show I came by the officers club and they were having a dance. It was…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 12, 1942

Darling Yve,
I wish I were with you right now. You don’t know how much I miss you. I got the box of cookies you sent me to-day [sic] and they were really good. They came all in one piece too. You know I got Sat.…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 8, 1942

Yve Darling
I just got your letter telling me how lonely you are, well I feel the same way about you. I love you so much it hurts. At night just before I go to bed I got a lot of time to think and I think of all…

[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]

June 2, 1944

10:30 P.M.


Dearest darling,

Did I ever tell you how much I love you? Well I love you so much that even if I had a hundred years to tell you how much I…

[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]

June 1, 1944

11:50 P.M.


Hello beautiful;

How are you to-night [sic]? I went for my instructions again to-night [sic] and the chaplain is still waiting for the form…

[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]

May 31, 1944

10:45 P.M.


Hello darling,

I’m sorry if I offended you by writing and telling my sister Betty that I would probably get my furlough around the tenth of…

[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]

May 30, 1944

10:30 P.M.


Dear Yvette,

I went to see the chaplain to-night [sic] and he wrote a letter to the Priest asking him to send that form that was supposed to…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 5, 1942

Darling Yve,
I love you and this is going to be a short letter. I think your [sic] wonderful. I love those blue eyes and the dimple when you brush your teeth. I love the way you comb your hair. I love you the way…