September

        24 Sunday 1944

 

Dearest darling,

 

            It is Sunday morning and I have just come into the office for the sole purpose of seeing if there is any mail from you and lo and behold I received a letter and I must say the first real one I have had from you in a long time. It was devoured I can tell you and darling it was good to be close to you again. You seem to have had a fine time on your visit and I am real glad dear.

 

            I was extremely disappointed that I did not receive any news regarding that TC job but I guess I will just have to wait but I do think that Ken might give me an answer to my letter one way or the other soon. I suppose that he will. After all that is only a routine matter to him while to me it is a life saver so naturally I am far more interested. Then he may be awaiting some developments before answering or I hope something like that. I really don’t care about the fact that life in the states is not what it used to be for there will be other compensations that more than make up for it. Now guess what I mean little bug and see if can’t tell that you are the compensation. Have you ever been called one of those before?

 

            Now as to the coming reunion darling. Your plans are OK by me and about what I expected. However here is some new dope. My leave has been cut to twenty days due to that ten days I had before the ferry trip. So it goes but I am not kicking for I will have over a month with you anyway counting the duty time. That my sweet is not to be sneezed at. I am also counting those minutes to be in your arms and I mean in them for there is heaven for me. You have my letter by now as to the hotel and if it is not the right one at which you have reservations you can address a letter to me at the San Juan and I will call there for mail. I will phone you from Miami and I should be in there on the evening of the sixth. If I can get away with it I will try to get there the fifth but the sixth is about right. The weather of course has its say in the matter since I am riding the plane but that should not be held up except for a hurricane or something.

 

            The orders are not actually out yet but I know the request for them has gone in and they should be by Tuesday so we will go ahead with our plans. I have been scared to death about them until this morning for they have me down for a witness in a court martial and THAT my dear can really hold you places with no excuses for an out. I however have just finished having them take my deposition this morning and although my testimony is not really important it had to be done. So now all I have to do is wait and be afraid that something might come up that would interfere with our plans. Please lets don’ have anything like that happen for you have no idea how much this means to me. I am about to burst with longing to be with you. In addition to that I am sort of mentally low but will have to explain all that to you when we meet.

 

            I am glad that you like the lotion and I really don’t know what the smell is but I like it. I never was very crazy about that Shalimar lotion that you wear but since you like

it so much I never said much but now that you can’t get it any more maybe it is alright for me to say so now. Don’t shoot all the ammo for that gun for it is hard to get. Get the extra first before you go out for target practice. In fact I will give you an expert lesson when we get back. I know that you will be a good shot with it for you are with a gun and the principles are the same. The handling of the darn thing is where you have to know your business. There are some definite do’s and don’ts to it. I give you a gun and the first thing you do is threaten to shoot me with it. Is that nice. Maybe I have made a big mistake. Gosh.

 

            Well my beloved I am again sending this long distance love to you but it is never the less profound one and I can’t wait to deliver it to you in person come early October. We shall have a wonderful leave together dearest a most wonderful time for I know of no one that love each other more than you and I do and when we are together that is about all we can ask for. Adios dearest be seeing you.

 

                                                                                                Edwin