December 10, 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. Well dolly no sweet letters from you today but I am sure hoping I get some tomorrow. I got three letters and a Christmas card from the folks and a letter from Mae and Peg yesterday evening. I sure hope I get some sweet letters from my darling little wife tomorrow. Gee darling your letters are so darn sweet and they mean so awful, awful much to me. They make me so darn happy and make me feel so wonderful in every way Honey. I sure hope you are getting my mail all right now darling. You are so darn sweet and I love you so awful, awful much dearest.

I am feeling fine now darling and getting along all right. I have plenty of everything now Honey. Well it isn’t so awful hot today but plenty bad enough. I sure hope it is nice at home now dear and not to cold. Honey every season will really be wonderful to us when we get back together. We will be together all the time and we can do whatever we want to. We sure will keep each other warm on those cold winter nites to.

Honey you was telling me about Bobbie and Jackie playing army. Boy I’ll bet they are two real boys now. I guess they have really grown since I last saw them. I sure hope they don’t forget me. I bet they really have a time with there chine guns and airplanes and like you said Honey they really pick up a lot about those things hearing everyone talk about them. How do the two boys like school by now darling? Does Betty Ann still have red hair like she always had?

Darling it was so wonderful where you wrote me about you always talking to the girls about me. Boy Honey I sure do talk about my sweet little wife all the time to and the fellows sure all know what a swell little wife I have. Darling I am so darn proud of you and love you so awful, awful much. It will be so darn swell when I get back in your sweet arms darling. Gee Honey it will be so wonderful now we can introduce each other as man and wife. We haven’t got to do that very much since we got married Honey but everyone is sure going to meet my sweet little wife when I get back to you Honey. Darling you are so darn swell to me and send me so many wonderful things. I am still enjoying all that swell candy I received from you Honey and then all the other swell things you sent me to. Darling we love each other so darn much and we always will to. We were really meant for each other Honey and it is so wonderful we found each other. Gosh Honey we get along so darn swell in every way and have never had a cross word with each other in our seven years of happiness. We like the same things Honey and like to do the same things, the happiest little couple on earth dearest. I know God will bring us together as soon as possible now darling. Honey just like you said, he is taking care of us and really guiding our life. We have so much faith in him dear and I know he will bring us together as soon as possible. Honey you are so darn wonderful and I love you so awful, awful much.

Darling I sure hope this finds you feeling swell and everything going all right at home. I sure hope you aren’t working to hard now darling but I know you really have plenty to do all the time. I sure hope you have all our Christmas shopping done by now Honey cause I know you will really feel better after you get that over with. It will be so darn swell when we can do all our shopping together Honey. We will go downtown when the stores are open at nite and then we won’t have so much to do on Saturday Honey. We are going to spend our weekends having a good time Honey. We can go on outings and take trips where ever we want to, gee but it will be wonderful darling. Honey we are going to enjoy ourselves in every way possible and we will sure deserve it after all this. Honey remember that picnic we went on out to Swope Park, just you and me. I often think about that darling, gee but we had a swell time and such a swell meal and all fixed by my sweet little wife. Honey dear everything will be so perfect and we will be so happy.

I love you so awful, awful much darling and Honey you know I always will. You are so darn precious and so wonderful in every way dear. Honey I am so darn lonesome for you and want to see you so darn bad. Gosh honey I think about you all day and dream of you all nite. We are so happily married Honey and love each other more every day. You are so precious darling, the most adorable little wife in the world. Honey you had better take good care of my precious little parts, they are so wonderful darling. Honey keep that sweet little chin up now and you know I will too and I know everything will turn out swell for us Honey. You are so darn sweet and I love you so awful, awful much 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 Honey. I’ll be looking for your sweet letters now honey. Please be awful careful now dear and take good care of my sweet little wife. Remember chin up and always happy dear. Tell all hello Honey.

Love and more love is all I can say dearest.

Loads and loads of love to my dearest darling wife.