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Germany
May 10, 1945
Hi darling,
I just received the package you sent with the assorted games in and everything is swell. To-night [sic] I got two nice long letters from you which makes me feel like a king. Darling when I say I want brownies I…

June 28, 1944

9:30 P.M.


Dearest Yve.

I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and you just couldn’t know how much more I love you. It seem[s] like a year since I got a letter from you and here it’s only been five days since I left you in…

June 27, 1944

9:00 P.M.


Hello darling

Well its [sic] me again and I’m even still more lonesome. Well that bivouac we took this morning wasn’t exactly what you call a bivouac. Here I am at Mammoth Caves. We’re bivouacking about two miles…

June 26, 1944

8:30 P.M.


Hello daring,

It’s me again and I’m still pealing [sic] from that sunburn I got at the beach but I don’t mind because it make[s] me think of you more and gee darling I miss you. Darling I am sending you a copy of…

June 25, 1944

2:30 P.M.


Hi Mummy,

I love you so much darling and I even miss you more. Well I’m back in camp again and I wish I had stayed with you. I got back about four thirty this morning and was I tired. Well I feel good now though…

June 8, 1944

7:30 P.M.


Yvette dearest:

Boy I’m telling you that I’m really tired to-night [sic]. I worked until about eleven thirty last night and then got up and went to the range at four this morning and just got back an hour ago. And…

Feb. 27, 1944
Camp Campbell Ky [Kentucky]
Yvette darling,
I wish you knew how much I miss you. I love you so much that I don’t think I can live much longer with out [sic] you. Darling you know my boss has a little daughter that is named Judy and…

[Tennesee, somewhere near Lebanon]
Oct. 4, 1944
Wednesday
Hello darling,
I’m sorry to hear that your [sic] so blue because I feel pretty good. I got time off yesterday and got to a little town called Lebanon, Tenn. and tried to call you up but I…

[Written on United States Army stationery]
[Tennessee, somewhere near Nashville]
Oct. 2, 1944
Monday
Dear Yve,
Well how’s everything with you way back home? Everything down here is fine except I get homesick. I’m sitting out here in the woods…

[The following letter was written on Hotel McCurdy paper. There are images of various hotels on the top of the page along with a Hotel McCurdy logo]
Feb. 19, 1944
12:30 P.M.
Hello darling
You may be wondering how I came to be in Indiana, well its…