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August 24, 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 dolly. Gee darling I received three of the sweetest letters from you today and I was so darn thrilled to get them dear. They were so awful sweet and precious Honey, just like all your wonderful letters are. I also received three from the folks dear. Yours was the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth of August dear so that was sure good time. 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 dear and make me feel so wonderful all over. Honey you had been getting my mail pretty good to and I sure hope you are still getting it good dear. Gosh Honey isn’t it wonderful to think about us being able to be together before very long now and not having to write letters any more. 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 it has been a pretty nice day here, plenty hot though. Sure hope it isn’t to hot. Well honey I got another shot in the arm today. Boy I sure will be glad when I am out of this thing and won’t have to take any more of them. I would sure rather take the shots than to get some disease. My arm is sure sore now and I think most all the guys arms are. Every time you change places you have to take shots for some new disease. My finger is still giving me trouble to. It seems like it is all infected underneath the skin but it is some better than it was.

            Honey dear I received a swell package from you today and I was so glad to get it Honey. It had a swell can of cookies baked by my own sweet little wife and gee but they are good dear. I sure have been eating them and the fellows sure did like them to dear. They sure know what a wonderful little wife I have in every way. And Honey there was two bars of soap, two cans of tooth powder, a bottle of hair oil and a tube of shaving cream. The package sure did come in good shape to dear. Gee darling you are so darn sweet to send me so many swell things, just the sweetest little gal in this world. Honey it won’t be long until I will be back in your precious arms and be able to get you things to and this won’t be a one-sided affair like it has been for three years now. Gee darling you are so darn sweet and I love you so awful darn much.

            Darling it was so sweet where you wrote me about how comfy you dress now when it is so awful hot. Your shorts and halter is sure all you need dear cause I sure want my little darling relaxed in every way when she gets home from work at nite. Honey, I’ll say that’s all mine that you said just enough to cover. I’ll bet there will be a lot of times it won’t be when I get home dear. Gosh Honey won’t it be wonderful to be in each others arms all the time and to be dressed the way we want to. I know we will be without the towel a lot dear. Gosh Honey isn’t it wonderful to think about it all and to know that our time is really getting a lot closer now. Honey you said you would have Ruth take some pictures for me of you in your shorts so don’t you forget now dolly. Gee darling it makes me feel so awful darn wonderful when I can get your precious pictures. Gee darling we will be like the bees so much of the time, just about constantly I’ll bet dear. Gosh Honey just think after three whole years. We can’t really imagine how wonderful it will all be dearest. I just think about our meeting all the time dear, it is so awful wonderful dear. Honey we can have our meeting now as we always planned and dearest we will stay in our room over town as long as we like to.

            Honey dear I sure hope this finds you feeling swell and everything going along all right in every way at home now. Please be awful, awful careful now dearest and don’t work to hard now dolly. I sure do hope that there hasn’t been any more trouble at the office dear and that they get rid of that darn girl.

            Darling you are so awful, awful sweet and I love you so darn much and you know I always will dear. Honey isn’t it wonderful to be married and really own each other. I know that there isn’t or never will be a happier married couple than us dear. Gee darling doesn’t it make the grandest feeling go over you when you think about how awful wonderful a feeling it will be to hold each other tight and kiss each other so often to know that every day that goes by is one day closer, so much closer to that time. Honey 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 now dear, gee but they are wonderful and I love them so darn much. Yours are fine dolly miss you so darn 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 dear.

            Well sug I guess I had better close for this time and I’ll write you as soon as possible now dear. I’ll be looking for your precious letters now dearest. Please be awful, awful careful now dear and take wonderful care of my sweet little wife. Remember now dear 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.