Manila

July 8, 1945

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. Gee darling I received the sweetest two letters from you today and I was so thrilled to cut them darling. Gee but they were wonderful Honey, just like all your precious letters are. They were the twenty eighth and twenty ninth of June dear so that was pretty good time. I also received two from the folks the same date Honey. Gee darling your precious letters mean the world and all to me and they are so awful sweet. They make me so awful, awful happy dearest and make me feel so wonderful all over. Gee darling it just gives me the grandest feeling all over when I can get your precious letters. Honey you hadn’t received mail from me either day in the two letters I received from you today and I sure hated to hear that. I sure hope you are getting my mail all right now dolly. Honey dear you are so darn sweet and I love you so awful darn much.

            I am feeling fine now dearest and getting along all right in every way now. I have plenty of everything now dear. Well Honey today is a pretty nice day here, plenty hot today but the usual afternoon breeze is blowing now so that helps out a lot. It seems like there is always a good breeze starts around now everyday and blows almost all afternoon. Sure hope you are having some nice weather now dearest. Well Honey last nite was my last nite shift for a week and I was sure glad of that. Today is Sunday Honey and by the time I got up this morning and got around it was to late to go to church. I sure hope you got to go today dearest. Gee darling we would be so happy and be having so darn much fun if we was in each others arms today. Our day is coming dearest and boy we are going to celebrate when it does to.

            Honey dear you know when I got in from work last nite or rather this morning there was a package laying on my bed and the first glance and I knew it was my wonderful picture and I said to my buddy, boy oh boy theres that precious package I have been waiting for. Well I could hardly wait to get it open dear and gosh darling I was so darn thrilled when I got it open and saw that it was really my picture. Gee but it is wonderful dear, just so perfect in every way. I have had it right here on my bunk beside me ever since me ever since I got up this morning dear and had it all over camp showing everyone. Boy they sure all think it is swell to dear. Gee darling you look so perfect, just so awful sweet and precious just like my little dolly always is. Honey I am so awful proud of it and so happy to get it. I have been watching for that every day for a long time dear and I guess it seemed like ten times as long as it was cause I wanted it so darn bad. Gosh Honey the picture is so perfect in every way, the tinting is so perfect and all dear just seems like I ought to be able to talk to you dearest. Gee darling your hair looks so perfect, just like my little Honey always keeps it. Darling I am so awful proud of my picture and it is so perfect in every way. It sure did come in good shape to dear, just a little bend across the top but nothing to amount to anything. Honey dear you are so darn sweet and I am so proud of you dear and love you so awful darn much.

            Honey you was telling me in your latest letter today that that darn girl was getting worse than ever and that you and her just about got into it that day. Honey please don’t take anything off that darn girl. You don’t have to work there and take that kind of stuff. I sure know how you feel trying to work under conditions like that dear. Gosh honey if you quit you can always find a good job someplace and you can take some time off dear and take a good rest and take your time about getting a job. Gosh Honey you can’t work under conditions like that . You ought to go to the main boss and tell him just how things are dear and if he doesn’t do something then just quit. Or darling if you want to just quit and take it easy for a while, just what ever you want to do darling. You know if I was home and could talk it all over with you dear I would tell you just like I am telling you now Honey. So now darling you do what ever you think is best and whatever you do don’t take no more from that girl dear. Gosh Honey it will be so darn wonderful when this thing is all over and I am back in your precious arms and you can quit working dolly. Please take it easy now dearest and take wonderful care of my sweet little wife.

            Honey dear you are so darn sweet and I love you so awful, awful darn much and you know I always will dear. You are so awful sweet and precious in every way dearest and all my very own. Gee darling we are so happily married and love each other more every day. Honey dear when I get back in your precious arms I am going to hold you so awful tight and kiss you so often. Darling I know God hears our prayers and will keep us safe and bring us together as soon as possible now. Please take wonderful care of my precious parts dearest, gee but they are wonderful and I love them so awful darn much. Yours are fine dolly miss you so awful, awful much. Honey you are the sweetest and most adorable little wife in this world and I love you so awful, awful darn 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 precious letters now dolly. Please be awful, awful careful now dear and take wonderful care of my sweet little wife. Remember now dolly, chin up and always happy. Tell all hello dear.

            Love and more love to my sweet adorable little angel.

            Loads and loads of love to my dearest darling wife I love so much.