Cherbourg, France

June 19, 1945

My darling wife:

I love you so much again today. Maggie my heart was actually pounding for you. I miss you so. If only this war would end so I could come home to you—and the kids. You know I love you, don’t you?

I received a letter from you today number 79, and I was very glad to hear from you again. It seemed so long again. It was a very nice letter honey which made my morale go way up and my love for you greater. I am glad you sent my letters back. It made me realize how foolish I was for ever writing a thing like that. It also made me realize how much you really love me, and what you think of me. I am sooo glad you didn’t take it to seriously. Maggie darling I love you forever, and I’ll never leave you, no, not for one moment. You don’t know it, but I’m with you every minute of the day, but I guess you already know that and its no secret to you. You made me kinda happy or proud or whatever you want to call it when you said that you have no intentions of staying in Ohio, and that you had plans on living in Allentown. I’d say you (are) a perfect wife, not letting your husband down. You are the kind of a woman that everyone is looking for, but it just so happens that I found you first, and have no intentions of letting anyone else find you.

You are perfectly right when you said I couldn’t forget you. I have never tried yet, but I know I can’t not when you are in every thought. I have you always in mind. I hope you don’t mind me saying that so often, but I have to—I love you my darling wife, with all my heart, and I can’t see how you can love me so much more than I do you as you said.

We do get along alright honey, and I am sorry I said we didn’t. I was just a little stirred up that particular day. I couldn’t want a better wife than you. (if you could only cook (just kidding)) I too like to think of all the happy times we had, and think of all the good times we are about to have. We are going to have a sweet time for the rest of our lives when I come home. We won’t let anything bother us. Take life as it comes. We were meant to be together Maggie. It took the army and a war to get us together. That is one thing I give the army credit for, but then maybe someday later we would have met. Maybe as a nurse in some other town, but we did meet. I never did think you would write me a letter. I thought it was just one of those meetings. Gone and forgotten. I really had a surprise when I did get it. But before the letter I was already a little in love with you if that’s possible, but we finally did work out a date. Yes I can still remember that first kiss I gave you. In the cab going back. Gosh but it was good. What I wouldn’t give for a little of that now. Remember how much I used to kiss you? Well that’s nothing to what you are going to get. Be prepared in my motto. Wouldn’t a good dance go good right now? I can just feel you in my arms. You are as light as a feather, the music is soft and sweet, you look up at me and say kiss me—again—again. (Then I wake up and change my drawers.) Damn you women. Do you think Bill had anything to do with us getting married? He may have helped a little but I know what I wanted when I wanted it, and I got it. I can remember that bus ride from Fiffin to Toledo as if it happened yesterday. You did get kissed, didn’t you? And that trip to Napoleon, how we held hands. I guess we were both a little scared, not only you. I not only thought you were on the ball, I knew you were. Maggie, I’d marry you over a thousand times, bet I can’t say that to anyone else. I can also remember that first night inPort Clinton, before you quit you were a little mad at me, and I have to laugh when I think about how you acted, by laying on the floor, but you finally gave in and came back to me. Don’t you think it foolish the time we wasted by you getting mad and sitting on the floor. If you ever do that again I’ll spank your little bottom, woman or no. and I mean it.

Maggie darling you made me very happy. You should feel happy at this minute for I am overflowing with it, but I think its love.

Until tomorrow night sweetie

Goodnite darling

All my love,

Pres.

P.S. I have one more thing to say honey,

I LOVE YOU. Yes You.