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Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 31, 1942
Dear Yve
How I wish I was there with you. Its been a long [time] since I saw you. How is every thing [sic] with my little darling? Are you as lonely as you say in your letters? I wish that you were not quite so…

[Written on United States Army stationery]
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
July 31, 1944
9:30 P.M.
Dearest Yve,
Well darling how’s every thing [sic] to night? [sic] I feel swell but for one thing and that’s because your [sic] not here with me. Darling…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 4, 1942

Hi darling
How’s everything[?] I am very lonesome down here how about you[?] You won’t get any letters for about three days because I didn’t write any. You know it isn’t my fault though because I out on the…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
July 4, 1943
Hello darling:
I’ll be you can’t guess what I’m doing on this beautiful fourth of July. Well seeing how I’m so lucky I’m on charge of quarters (CQ). It never fails when we get a holiday. I’m on duty and is it…

[Written on United States Army Stationery]
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
July 4, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Hi Yve,
This is a very nice way to spend the fourth of July isn’t it? I’ve been out on the field all day and now to morrow [sic] five of us drivers are…

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…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
July 5, 1943
Yvette, darling:
Well to-day [sic] was hot too but I feel better after a nice cold shower and not the kind that you get when you get married. I was out on the range all day today and wasted a lot of bullets…

[Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky]
July 5, 1944
19:00 P.M.
Hello sweet stuff,
Well here I am on the first stop of the convoy to fort Ben. Harrison, I am now at camp Breckinridge, Ky. and everythings [sic] fine so far. We pulled in here around six…

Laufen
July 5, 1945
Dearest Yve.,
Well darling its [sic] me again and I’m still alive. I’ve been on a driving detail for the last four days and really didn’t have time to sleep never mind write but now I got time. It was really a rough trip to…

[Written on Post Service Club stationery]
[Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana]
July 6, 1944
Hi Kid,
Well how’s everything with you back home? Are you still keeping the home fires burning? Well we finally arrived at Fort Harrison and its [sic] very…