Dearest Marge,
Well Honey
I’ll try and write a few lines tonight. This is the first I’ve written since
Monday. I’ve really been busy and dirty. Honey I would have written sooner but
I was a Prisoner of War. The Enemy captured me about 9 P.M. Mon. and I’ve been
the rest of the time in stockades and such like. I didn’t see our
Marge I
haven’t had a letter since last Saturday. We haven’t gotten mail very regular.
Maybe that’s the cause. Honey the news here now is that we go somewhere in
Honey it’s
almost dark here and I’ll write more tomorrow I’ll get a lot of mail. I’m not
mad but just lonesome.
Well we
just had some ice cold watermelon. After the water we have had lately a melon
is good. Sulfur water and does it smell.
Boy I’m
dirty tonight. I haven’t washed since I was captured and we haven’t any water
yet tonight .I wasn’t the only one captured this problem. The whole
Honey I’ll
write more in the morning. It’s too dark to see anything now. Honey write and tell me what’s wrong if anything. I love you
more than anything in this old world and I’m being true to you. You’re the only
girl in this whole word for me. Well Honey be good.
I love you Marge
Here some
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Well Marge I’ll try and finish this now. Honey if you happen
to see Mom or Ila or anyone
tell them I’m O.K. just haven’t time to write very often. Boy I sure would like
to get a bath again. It seems like a year since I had one but it has only been
about two weeks. This place here is real dusty. The streams have all
dried up. I made my bed for two nights on the creek bed. It’s really dry. All
the crops here need rain too.
I just gave
Chet some paper. He wanted to write to his wife. Boy can a guy really get
behind on his writing down here. It’s not like a permanent camp. By the way
Chet is a Pfc. now. I saw in the last paper where “Satchie”
was promoted to Pfc.
Honey there
isn’t much news here. We are in a rest area now but will have to clean
everything up. Some rest. After I was captured the other day I had to walk
about 10 miles. I was getting tired. All my junk was back on the truck and I
had a bad time. There was two other guys with me.
Honey maybe after we go to
I’ll have
to write to Jackie and Donna before long as Jackie will get mad again. Tell
them I will if I ever get a chance. It will take me all day to find all my
things.
Well Marge write a big letter. I’ll answer it when I can. Honey I wish
I could see you again but we will have to wait a little longer. Someday I’ll
come home and then we can have some fun again. Maybe raise a couple (Guess
what).
This war won’t last forever and as soon as it’s over I’ll
only have 6 months more. Be good and I’ll be seeing you.
All my love to the
sweetest
wife
in
the world
Here is a big kiss
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