Admiralty Islands

October 2, 1944

My Dearest Darling Wife,

            Hello sweet little angel, how is my darling little wife. Awful, awful sweet I know and fine I hope. You had better be dearest. Well dolly no sweet letters so far today but I am sure hoping some comes in before the day is over. Gosh honey your sweet letters mean so darn much to me and they are so precious. They make me so awful, awful darn happy dear and make me feel so wonderful all over. It gives me the grandest feeling when I can get your precious letters darling. Honey dear won’t it be wonderful when we are back in each others arms and won’t have to write letters any more. I sure hope you are getting my letters all right now dearest. Please don’t worry when you don’t hear from me for quite a while sometimes dearest. You know I will always write you as often and as much as possible dearest. Darling you are so darn sweet and I love you so awful, awful darn much.

            I am feeling fine now dearest and getting along all right in every way now dearest. I have plenty of everything now dearest. Well honey it is plenty how here today. There is a fair breeze blowing through and that helps some. Sure hope you are having some nice weather at home now dearest. I expect it is getting pretty cool there by now. Still working the regular day shift honey now very much going on.

            Gee darling that was such a swell package I received day before yesterday. I enjoyed it all so darn much honey. I sure am happy to have my bracelet back Honey and it looks so swell. Darling you always send me so many nice things and make me so darn happy. You are such a perfect little wife darling and so darn sweet, gee but I am proud of you Honey dear. Honey I sure hope I have some more pictures on the way. You had better send me some film when you get a chance dear. Honey those last pictures you sent me were so darn swell and I have looked at them so many times dearest. Gee darling you look so darn wonderful, just like you always do dear. Gosh honey you always look so wonderful in all your clothes, just perfect darling. You are so darn sweet honey and I love you so awful, awful darn much dear. Honey those pictures of the cake were so swell and made me so happy dear. There wasn’t anything that could of made me any happier than those swell pictures of the most beautiful little gal, my own sweet darling little wife. It was so swell to be so darn far apart and still be able to see the things that I would of saw if I had been home with you dearest. Next year we are going to be seeing each other in person dear and gee it will be so heavenly and we will be so darn happy.

            Honey dear you was saying you put some more money in our account over in Missouri and we had six hundred and fifteen dollars over there now. Gosh Honey you are doing so darn swell and darling I am so proud of you. It will be so darn swell when I am back on the job and can really do my share Honey and you won’t have to be doing it all by yourself. I save everything I can honey out of what little I get but that isn’t very much. We ought to have about eighteen hundred by the end of the year darling and that is sure a wonderful sum I think. Darling you have worked so darn hard and been right on the job every day, gosh Honey you have sure more than done your share for us and I haven’t done anything yet, but you know I will when I get back so I can darling. I will be so darn happy when we are all straightened out so you can quit work dear and just be a little housewife. Honey dear you are such a perfect wife in every way and darling I really know that I am the luckiest man in this world to have you for my sweet little wife. Gee but you are wonderful darling and honey I love you so awful, awful darn much.

            Darling you was saying that the doctor wasn’t listed in the telephone book any more but that she just gave the right size, so it would fit perfect. Do you remember the right size darling, I sure hope you did darling and can get one. They might be kind of hard to get now days. Honey the rest of the outfit it all right to isn’t it and you want to be sure and have plenty of that you put on it to dear. I’ll say the parts won’t get a rest Honey and I know that neither of them will want one after all this time. We will probably need another one of those things in a month or so after we get back together dear cause we will have one wore out I’ll bet. Gee darling isn’t it wonderful to think about. I will sure be all ready to darling and what I mean really ready. Gee darling two years now without it. I’ll say is will be wonderful, time after time Honey. [edited for content] That sure goes for me to honey and I’ll bet you know what happens when I am thinking about it to dear, I’ll give you one guess darling. You sure are right in that it will only be the length of time from where you meet me to your room darling. Darling don’t you think it would really be perfect if I came right up to your room. That way we could have our first embrace all to ourselves and it could last as long as we wanted it to and we could be all set for everything. I’ll pay it will be all nite Honey dear. Gee darling isn’t it all wonderful to think about and to know that our dreams will be coming true next year sometime. Darling we are so happily married and love each other more every day. You are so darn sweet and so precious in every way dearest. Darling I know god hears our prayers and will keep us safe and bring us together as soon as possible now. Please take good care of my precious parts Honey, gee but they are wonderful. Yours are fine dear miss you so darn much. You are the sweetest and most adorable little wife in this world dear and I love you so awful, awful darn much and you know I always will dolly.

            Well sug I guess I had better close for this time and I’ll write you as soon as possible now dearest. I’ll be looking for your sweet letters now dolly. Please be awful, awful careful now Honey and take good care of my sweet little wife. Remember now dear chin up and always happy. Tell all hello dear.

            Love and more love is all I can say dear.

            Loads and loads of love to my dearest darling wife I love so darn much.