Phillippines

November 7, 1944

My Dearest Darling Wife,

Hello sweet little angel, 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 yet but I am still hoping that some will come in right away now. I hear there has been several outfits that have already received mail so we ought to be getting some before so very long now. Gee darling your wonderful letters mean so awful, awful much to me and they are so precious. They make me so happy dear and make me feel so wonderful all over darling. It gives me the grandest feeling when I can read your sweet letters dear. I was reading some of the last ones I got from you this morning dear and gee but they were wonderful dear. I sure hope you are getting my mail all right now darling. Honey dear you are so darn sweet and I love you so awful, awful much.

I am feeling fine now darling and getting along all right in every way. I have plenty of everything now dearest. Well Honey it is a pretty nice day here. There is a cool breeze blowing so it isn’t so awful hot. Boy it sure is swell sleeping here nites whenever the little yellow rats aren’t bothering you all the time. They was only over a couple of times last nite so that wasn’t so bad. Things are drying up pretty good now to and I sure hope we don’t get any more rain for a few days. I sure hope the weather isn’t bad at home now dear and not so very cold. Gee darling what I wouldn’t give to be back there in your sweet arms. We would be having so much fun dear and everything would be so heavenly. We will really be able to enjoy every season of the year now dear. Gee darling we can go hunting together and do the different winter sports and everything like that snow and then when the weather is real bad we will be so cozy in our little home dear. We Will be so darn happy dear and everything will be so swell.

Honey dear I would like for you to send me a pair of sunglasses. I broke mine before I left the Admiralties and I don’t like the ones the Army gives us. So darling whenever you get a chance I would like for you to send me a pair. Honey if you can get me any film I would like to have some to. Gosh Honey I sure hope I get some of my packages before long now. I expect it will be a long time before we get anything like that though.

Honey I sure hope you and the girls have been bowling here lately. You said you was going to go again the next week if possible and I sure hope you got to go dear. That is sure good sport. I sure do like to bowl dear. I have quite a bit to learn about it yet but I have the general idea of everything and sure got a lot of experience when I worked in that alley there on the island.

Sure hope this finds you feeling swell dear and everything going along all right in every way at home. I sure hope you aren’t working any overtime now darling. Please be awful, awful careful dear and take good care of my sweet little wife and please don’t work to hard dear. Won’t it be swell when we are back in each others arms and can take care of each other all the time dear. It will be so darn swell Honey and we will be so happy.

You are so darn sweet dearest and I love you so awful, awful much and you know I always will dolly. You are so darn precious and so wonderful Honey. Gee darling isn’t it wonderful to really own each other. We are so happily married and love each other more every day dear. Honey you are so pretty from the top of my beautiful hair to the tips of my sweet little toes, and gee darling all mine. It will be so wonderful when I can tell you in person how much I really love you and what a wonderful little wife you are dearest. Honey I will have you hugged so close to me and a kiss between each word. Please take good care of my precious parts Honey, gee but they are wonderful and I love them so much. Yours are fine dear miss you so awful much. You are the sweetest and most adorable little wife in this world dear and I love you so awful, awful much and you know I always will angel.

Well sug I guess I had better close for this time and I’ll write you as soon as possible now dearest. I’ll be looking for your sweet letters now dolly. Please be awful, awful careful Honey and take good care of my sweet little wife. Remember now dear chin up and always happy. Tell all hello dear.

Love and more love to you dear.

Loads and loads of love to my dearest darling wife.