Philippine Is.

My Dearest, Darling Wife, December 2, 1944

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 mail so far today but I am sure hoping that some comes in before the day is over. The roads are so darn bad here that they can’t get to the post office some times. Gee but I hope we get some mail today honey. Your precious letters mean so awful, awful much to me darling and they are so darn sweet. They make me so happy darling and make me feel so wonderful all over. Gosh dear it gives me the greatest feeling to get your precious letters. I sure hope you are getting my mail all right now darling. I know you look for mine just like I do yours. Honey, our letters mean everything to us now. You are so darn sweet dear and I love you so awful, awful much.

I am feeling fine now dearest and getting along all right in every way. I have plenty of everything now. Well Dolly, it is still raining here. Boy this kind of weather sure does get old. I wouldn’t mind it a bit though if I was back there in your sweet arms and we was having weather like this dear. Gee darling we will be so darn cozy in our little home and so awful, awful happy. Well Honey I’ve done a little sewing job this morning. Sewed several buttons on my shirt and sewed a couple of places in a pair of leather gloves where they had come unstitched. Really a fancy job dear, yes it is now dear.

Honey, I sent Thad and Anna Mac and Roy and Ruth one of those Christmas V-mails yesterday. I found Thad’s address on a Christmas card I received from them two years ago and I sent Ruth’s and Roy’s to your place cause I didn’t know their address. I sure hope they get them and sure wish I had of had Roy and Maxine’s address. This is the first year I have been able to get a hold of enough of those greetings to send to several like I want to. I expect you will be sending yours out before very long now dear. Gee but I would like to be there helping you do your Christmas shopping and fixing your packages and all the other things that go along with the holiday seasons. Gee darling wont it be wonderful when we are back in each others arms and can really start our life together.

Honey you was telling me that you got official notice who your new office manager was and that you would send me the paper you got in your next letter. I never have received your letter telling me about the office manager’s death Honey. Mother said something in one of her letters about you and Mrs. Noel going to the funeral. I sure hope you like this new one dear and sure hope everything goes along the same as it always did. Gosh Honey, I am so darn glad you work at such a nice place and with such a nice group of girls. That sure means a lot when a person is working under those conditions.

Gosh Honey, I sure hope I get all my packages all right. You are so dear sweet darling to send me so many swell things. Dear, you said you wouldn’t get me much because there wasn’t anything much to get me. Dearest, I know that there isn’t anything you can get me as long as I am in this damn army, but Honey you always get me everything that any person could ever ask for over here. A real wonderful gift to a soldier over here doesn’t have to be real nice and have a big value to it dear. Everything means something to me darling no matter what it might be, cause it is from the one that means the world and all to me and it is from home and we cant get anything here dear. Out of this past year, we haven’t had a post exchange that amounted to anything over three or four months out of the whole year. I know that if I was home you would get me real nice things like you did when I was home dear but, now as a husband in Uncle Sam’s army, several thousand miles from no where, it’s the little things that bring the same happiness to me that the nicer things did when I was in your sweet arms dearest. You always send me such wonderful things dearest, things that I can enjoy and use. Gee but you are a perfect little wife darling and what I mean all the fellows sure know what a wonderful, little wife I have. I love you so darn much dearest and gosh I am so proud of you darling. This makes three straight years that I haven’t been able to send you a thing dear, not even one little gift of any kind. It really hurts me Honey but there isn’t any thing I can do about it I guess. I know you understand darling and know that I will try and make up for all this to you when I get back in your sweet arms. It will be so darn swell when we are back in each others arms and as you said dearest hand our presents to each other with a great big kiss. I’ll say we’ll have a pretty tree dear. It will be so heavenly to fix our tree all up and our little home and doing it all together. Gee but we will be happy dearest. Honey you are so darn sweet and precious, such a perfect little wife in every way.

I love you so awful, awful darn much and you know I always will Dolly. Honey you are so darn pretty from head to toe, so wonderful in every way dearest. Gee darling we are so happily married and love each other more everyday. Gosh Honey I think so much about how heavenly our first embrace will be and all the wonderful ones that will follow for the rest of our lives. Honey I will hold you so tight and I’ll bet we will have some of the longest kisses we ever had. Honey dear I know God hears our prayers and will answer them and keep us safe and bring us together as soon as possible. Please take wonderful care of my precious parts Honey, gee but they are wonderful and I love things so darn much. Yours are fine dear; miss you so awful, awful much. You are the sweetest and most adorable little wife in this world Dolly and I love you so awful, awful darn much and you know I always will dearest.

Well sug I guess I had better close for this time and I’ll write to you as soon as possible now. I’ll be looking for your wonderful letters now dearest. Please be awful, awful careful dear and take wonderful care of my sweet little wife. Remember how dearest, chin up and always happy. Tell all hello Dolly. Love and more love to you sweet little angel. Loads and loads of love to my dearest darling wife I love so much.