Manila

August 19, 1945

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 dolly. Well Honey no sweet letters so far today but I am sure hoping that some comes in before the day is over. We haven’t had any now for about four days and I hear that we might not get any for about two weeks. Boy I sure hope that isn’t so. Gee darling your precious letters mean the world and all to me and they are so darn sweet. They make me so awful, awful happy dearest and make me feel so wonderful all over. Gee darling won’t it be heavenly when we are back in each others arms and won’t have to write letters anymore. I sure hope you are getting my mail all right now dear. Honey don’t worry when you don’t hear from me for quite a while sometimes. You know I will always write you as often and as much as possible dear. Honey you are so darn sweet and I love you so darn much and you know I always will dear.

            I am feeling pretty good now dear and getting along all right in every way now. I have plenty of everything now. Well it is a pretty nice day here but so awful darn hot. I thought I would burn up this morning. Sure hope you are having some nice weather now dear and sure hope it isn’t to hot at home now. Well darling I went to church this morning. The sermon was on victory and it sure was nice. Today is the first time I have got to go since we been here. I guess today was proclaimed to be the day of thanks for our victory, for all churches everywhere. Sure hope you got to go today Honey. Well dear I have another darn cold and an awful sore finger. I hurt my finger a couple of days ago and it just keeps getting sorer all the time. I get pains clear up my hand from it now. I am going to the doctor in the morning and see what he can do for it. I sure do hope I get it fixed up all right cause it sure has been hurting me.

            Well Honey it seems as though the Japs don’t know whether they want to give up yet or not. I sure am hoping that they get the papers signed now and get them to lay down their arms. I don’t trust them in any way. I guess the big shots are supposed to get in here to Manila sometime tonite to get things straightened out. I sure do hope that everything goes all right now and that they quit fighting cause I sure don’t want this thing to go on any longer. I am hoping so much that I will be home sometime this winter dear. I kind of had hopes by Christmas but the way things look now it will be after Christmas and I am sure hoping it will be soon after or before if possible. Gee darling I am so darn lonesome for you and want to see you so darn bad I don’t know what to do. It will be three years now in just a little over a month since we last saw each other dear and it seems like thirty years. Honey we have our meeting planned so perfect and gee how happy we will be when we can fulfill our plans dear. Everything will be so heavenly dearest and gee what a happy little couple we will be.

            Sure hope this finds you feeling swell and everything going along all right in every way now dear. Honey please be awful, awful careful and take wonderful care of my sweet little wife. Sure hope you don’t have to much work now dear and sure hope everything is going along all right at the office now dear. Gosh Honey I will be so darn happy when you can quit working and just be a little housewife. Honey I sure do hope you get your raise now cause you sure have it coming to you.

            Honey you are so darn sweet and I love you so darn much and you know I always will dolly. Gee darling isn’t it wonderful to know that it won’t be so awful much longer before our day comes and when once again we can hold each other in our arms and kiss each other one time right after another. Honey dear just think how heavenly it will be when we open the door into each others arms. We will be so awful close together dear and then in a very few minutes we will be as close together as possible. Honey I know God hears our prayers and will keep us safe and bring us together as soon as possible now. Please take wonderful care of my precious parts dearest, gee but they are wonderful and I love them so darn much. Yours and fine dolly, miss you so awful darn much. Honey you are the sweetest and most adorable little wife in this world and I love you so darn much and you know I always will dear.

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

            Love and more love to my dearest darling wife I love so much.

            Loads and loads of love to my sweet adorable little angel.