Manila

August 10, 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 betted be dearest, Gee darling I received the sweetest letter from you this evening and I was so thrilled to get it dear. It was August the first dear so that was sure good time. I also received two from the folks honey. Gee darling your precious letters mean the world and all to me and they are so darn sweet. They make me so awful, awful happy dearest and make me feel so wonderful all over. Gee darling I sure hope you are getting my mail all right now. Won’t it be heavenly dear when we are back in each others arms and won’t have to write letters any more. Darling you are so darn sweet and I love you so 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 it has been a pretty nice day here, awful hot and our usual afternoon rain though Sure hope it has cooled off a little by now dear at home. I know that it really is awful working when it is so darn hot dear. Well Honey I have one more day on the day shift and then I go on the nite shift.

            Darling you was wondering what you could send me for my birthday. Honey don’t you worry a thing about that now cause there isn’t a thing that I need and nothing I could use over here dear. When we get back in each others arms we will get each other presents like we want to dearest and make up for these years we have missed out on. Gee but I wish there was something I could send you darling. This makes three years now that I haven’t been able to get your anything dear or I guess it is four isn’t it Honey. I spent one birthday in Texas, one in Fiji, one in Admiralties and now one here or someplace else. You are so darn wonderful to me all the time dearest and send me so many swell things. I sure don’t know what I would do if it wasn’t for the things you send me dear. This darn post exchange of ours never has any toilet articles to amount to anything. Gee darling I will be so darn happy when I am back in your precious arms and can get you nice things once again. Next year we will celebrate our birthdays together dear and we will make up for all these years we have been separated.

            Gosh Honey you said you wouldn’t be able to get your watch until in September some time. Seven and a half isn’t so bad to get it fixed up dear. Sure hope you don’t have any trouble with it when you get it back now dearest. I’ll bet you really do miss it dear. I guess they don’t have any one to work on watches now with the war going on.

            Gee darling you had more work than ever in this letter today and it had been so awful darn hot that day. Please take it easy now darling and don’t work to hard now. Gosh Honey just take your time and if they don’t get someone to help you just let the orders pile up. You said you was thinking about getting another job to dear. Darling I want you to do whatever you think is best. Maybe the change would help dear and like you said Honey maybe you would be able to make more to. I sure don’t want you taking anything off that darn girl either Honey. That one darn girl has sure caused a lot of misery to all the girls and sure caused a lot of them to quit. I can just imagine how she is all right. Please be awful, awful careful now dearest and take wonderful care of my sweet little wife now.

            Well Honey the old war sure is looking better every day and I sure hope it isn’t very long before the whole thing is over. It seems as though about one or two of those bombs just wipes a big city off the map. Gee but they must be powerful things. The Russians seem to be pushing them back at a pretty good clip to. I sure was glad to see them take part in this thing cause that sure brought the end a lot closer. Gee darling it will be so awful darn wonderful when this thing is all over and we can really start our life together.

            Honey dear you are so darn sweet and I love you so darn much and you know I always will dearest. Isn’t it wonderful to be married and really own each other dearest. Gee darling my letter today had the sweetest kiss on it and it makes me feel so wonderful to see my sweet little lip prints dearest. We will have our lips pressed together in person one of these days honey and our arms so tight around each other. I know God hears our prayers and will keep us safe and bring us together as soon as possible dearest. Please take wonderful care of my precious parts dearest, gee but they are wonderful and I love them so darn much. Yours are fine dolly, miss you so much. Honey you are the sweetest and most adorable little wife in this world and I love you so darn much and you know I always will dearest.

            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 dearest and take wonderful care of my sweet little wife now. Remember now dolly, chin up and always happy. Tell all hello dear.

            Love and love to my dearest darling little angel.

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