Thursday, 0700

April 6, 1944

My dearest wife,

This is just going to be short because I have to go to work in a few minutes. I just want to tell you I love you so early this morning. It is beautiful out this morning, not very cold, and the sun is coming up big and bright.

I hope everything will be alright with you. You know you don’t have to come out here if you don’t want to, or think you should stay home. If you don’t like this place you can go home in a week or so if you want, but it sounds very good to me. I’ll tell you more about it when I come home, then if you don’t like it we will forget about it.

Gee honey I could hardly stand that news you gave me yesterday. It just about broke my heart. I know you couldn’t help it, but it struck me like a blow on my head. I had things going around in my mind, I even thought of going AWOL, and then for a while I even wished I was never married, but after thinking it all over, I knew I was wrong, all I thought of then was of being in your arms over again. I’m not kidding when I tell you I get chills everytime I think of you, or imagine I am touching you. I love you honey.

Thats about all for the morning honey, I’ll be seeing you honey.

All my love,

Preston