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Nov. 30, 1944
Dear Yve (you little mushy mush)
Well when you get this letter you’ll know I skipped a day writing to you which was my fault because last night I had to go out on a night combat course and didn’t get back until after twelve last night…

Dec. 1, 1944
9:30 P.M.
Dearest darling and wife + no kids,
Well here I am again just so happy as every but I got a few things on my mind. First what do you want for christmas [sic] and second is what to get my folks for christmas [sic] that has me…

Dec. 3, 1944
Evening
Dearest darling wife,
I guess I’m a bad boy for not writing you last night but I was kept pretty busy and it got kind of late. I just got a letter from you and you seem mad at me. I know darling that your [sic] only coming…

Dec. 4, 1944
9:30 P.M.
Hello Darling,
How are you to-night? I feel so lonely that I’m about ready to send a telegram for you to come down but I’ll wait until christmas [sic]. Well darling, I hope Jim gets home alright but he had to learn his…

Dec. 5, 1944
8:30 P.M.
Yvette dearest,
Gee I miss you so much that it hurts. I wish I could get out of this darn army. I know I’ve been awful lucky to stay on this side so long but I’m getting awful tired of it. Darling no letter to day [sic] and…

Dec. 8, 1944
8:00 P.M.
Dearest darling wife and no kid,
Did you think I forgot all about you? Well I didn’t in fact I just got back from Crane, Indiana. It was a pretty good trip but tiresome. I’ll start in the beginning. We left camp wednesday…

Dec. 10, 1944
6:00 P.M.
Dearest darling wife,
Well darling its [sic] the same old thing you get up in the morning lay around all day and go back to bed again. I didn’t write last night because I went to town to find you something for christmas…

Dec. 11, 1944
8:00 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
Well darling it snowed all day to day [sic] and all we got to show for it is just enough to cover the ground. Its [sic] starting to freeze now and its [sic] quite windy now too. I’m just about frozen with out…

Dec. 12, 1944
8:30 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
well its [sic] been quite a day with all this and thats [sic] and I’m just about ready to go to bed. First off this morning I got up, then I went to eat and then to work as usual. Everything went along smooth…

Dec. 13, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Darling Yve,
Well here it is the 13th which means we’ve been married six months to-day and it don’t [sic] seem that long at all. I guess its [sic] because we haven’t been together too much of the time. I got a nice letter…