August 24, 1943

My Dearest Darling Wife,

Hello Honey, how is my darling little wife. Awful, awful sweet I know and fine I hope. You had better be dearest. Gosh Honey I got the sweetest letter from you yesterday after I had already written you and I got two letters from the folks. Yours was the fourteenth and the folks was the fourteenth and the sixteenth. That isn’t bad. Boy I was so thrilled honey, your letter was so darn sweet and made me so happy. I sure hope you are getting my mail all right now dear. You are so darn sweet and I love you so awful, awful much dearest.

I am feeling fine now dear and getting along all right. I have plenty of everything now dearest. Well it is a rather nice day here today. I done some washing this morning so I am all caught up on washing now and everything is clean. I wash all my white things and let the nature wash my kakis and work clothes. I boil them good and they really are white. I save a little to and my clothes are nice to.

Gosh honey I sure hope you aren’t working overtime now. You have been putting in so many hours dear and I know you are worn out. And darling when you don’t feel like working now, darn it don’t you work. I’m sure glad you told them you wouldn’t work all day on Saturday last week honey cause that is just to darn much. Darling you are so darn sweet and wonderful, please take good care of yourself now. Boy that was sure some chick you drew this time Honey and I am so proud of you dear. Gosh you sure did work Honey to make that, so much overtime and dear I know you are really were down. I will sure be glad when I am home honey and can help you do everything and we can be together all the time dear. Honey you said you got a bond this pay day and you got another one this pay day, gee but you are doing swell Honey and I am so proud of you. Honey please take good care of yourself now and don’t work to hard now, you will take good care of my little wife, won’t you dear?

Honey I got some stamps in that letter yesterday and the sweetest kiss from my sweet little wife’s lips. Honey you are so perfect and so swell. It is so wonderful when you send me a kiss like that dear. Won’t it be heavenly when we can give each other a real kiss in person Honey, I’ll bet it will be a real long kiss to.

I love you so awful, awful much and you know I always will dear. Gee darling you are so precious and so wonderful, the most precious little wife in the world. Honey you are so swell to me and so sweet. I am so proud of you dearest and so happy we are married and I know God will bring us together as soon as possible. Honey dear you are the sweetest little wife, so perfect in every way. I love you so darn much dear and you know I always will dear.

Well dolly I guess I had better close for this time and I’ll write you as soon as possible now dear. I’ll be looking for your sweet letters now dear. Please take care of yourself now dear and be awful careful. Tell all hello dear.

Love and more love is all I can say dear.

Loads and loads of love to my dearest darling wife.