October 7, 1942

Tuesday Morning

Dearest Darling:

Hello my sweet. How are you feeling today? I sure hope you are feeling fine. And our darling baby daughter. Boy honey, I sure wish I could see her and you also. Give her a kiss and a big hug for her daddy will you? I could love her to death. Tell her her daddy loves her will you? She is going to be the best daughter she is going to be the best daughter ever was. And I am the proudest daddy in the world.

Jane darling I am sorry I haven’t written but honey we are on the move all the time and I haven’t had a chance to write, but believe me I have been thinking of you all the time and I will write every chance I get. We have been maneuvering since Monday last week and am taking a 2 day break and are being out again. We aren’t in camp, we are camped about a hundred and fifty miles from camp close to a town called Blythe. We still have 10 more days before we are through.

I got your letter with the announcement in it. It sure is cute. I sent a telegram Sunday. Let me know if you got it.

About the allotment honey, the company has to send in a notice for them to start it. The money has been taken out for my part and as soon as they get the notice in Washington, you will get it. But they can’t send the notice until you send me a statement from a notary public stating we are married. Just take our marriage license and have him notarize a statement to our being married. Send it as soon as possible so I can get it in.

Sweet tell Mother and dad hello. Also Sybil and Bob. Tell Mother I finally got the registered letter. It took 8 days. Also I got the money in both letters. Sure did need it. I won’t get paid until November the 1^st and I sure was broke. I don’t know when I will get my ration’s money.

Honey I guess I will stop now but I will try my darndest to write again tomorrow. Please don’t be mad at me for not writing more but I just can’t. They keep us on the move all the time we hardly have any time to sleep. But I am going to try to write as often as possible. But darling remember that I love you and our baby better than any thing in the whole world. And I am going to be with you before very long and I am really going to take care of you and our baby. She is going to love have the best that money can buy. And so are you. And don’t forget I love you. Tell mother I will try to write her tomorrow.

Again sweet I will stop now, be sweet and take good care of yourself and our baby. Because I think the world of both of you.

Write as often as possible honey because that is all I have to look forward to.

Love to my darling wife and baby,

Clive

Dearest Mother and Dad,

Just a word to let you know I haven’t forgotten you and that I am ok. Take good care of Jane and my daughter because you know how much I love them and how much they both mean to me.

Also take care of yourselves because you & dad & Jane & Baby& Sybil are all that matter any at all with me.

Love to you both.

P.S How does it feel to be a grandmother and grandfather?

Love again,

Clive.