Loafing on a lazy day:

Thursday

Sept 3, 42

Hello Sweet:

So you thought you would wait until you had heard from me before you wrote to me huh? Don’t ever do that to me again honey for you will never know how glad I was to get your letters. Before I got them yesterday I was so blue. I hadn’t heard from you for so long and I really was getting worried. Your letters mean so darned much to me that I can’t even begin to put it into words. When I came in last night there were a bunch of home-town papers lying on my bunk and for a moment I thought that maybe I was to be disappointed again. However when I picked them up there lay three letters from you and so I proceeded to read them, even before I would go and wash up for dinner. After I was through them I felt quite a lot better too. So, all I can say honey is, “keep them coming honey and you’ll get en extra big hug and kiss for each and every one.” I also keep them on the way to you all the time.

“Sweet” is the name for those pictures and you look good enough to eat. You were talking about those being taken just for the scenery but honestly darling I could only see one thing and that was a very lovely girl. One I would give anything to have in my arms and tell her with kisses just how much I love her because I think I’d be a complete failure if I tried to do it with mere words: I could sat it a million times dearest and mean it with all my heart every time I spoke. “I love you only.” If I could only see you for a little while I would feel so very much better. But as I can’t do that quite yet the next best thing is to have a picture- lots of them. The more I can get the more I can look at you and wish so very much that you were here in my arms instead of so very far away. You seem so very close to me sometimes that I can almost talk to you. But darling never fear. I am coming back and one of these fine days I’ll have you in my arms before you know that I’m even around. So don’t be too surprised when I do show up.

Darling I’m glad you like my Mom and that you think my family is so swell. I think though that you’ll make me conceited if you keep throwing these compliments at me. However I do like them so don’t feel too badly because I’m that way. A lot of people think my mother and I look quite a lot alike. It always makes me very happy for I consider her very pretty. She was very much in demand when she was younger. She is what you might call “growing old gracefully.” I do disagree though as to the best looking one of the family. I think that it’s Allen, the younger brother.

Honey I miss you so and I’m really terribly in love with you so don’t ever fear that you’ll lose me. I couldn’t ever do without you and even if some of the girls were here I couldn’t have any one else in my heart. You are in complete possession of all available space and anyway you have priorities. So darling, never fear- I’m all yours. Just keep on being faithful and praying for me and I’ll be back before you know it. I would like to have Thanksgiving dinner with you and honey from the way you talk your dinners must be swell. Sometimes my mouth positively waters for those meals you tell me about. So you had better be prepared for a shocking display of hunger when I get back. So be forewarned and forearmed. Oh honey I miss you so very much. [I] wonder if you miss me too. Someday though we’ll have to come to a decision as to who misses the other most. Bet [I’ll] win. In the meantime darling, write to me often and dream of me.

All my love- especially for you,

Paul

P.S. Were those dreams – good – bad – or indifferent?

Love you- so very much.

Want you- more all the time.

Miss you- day in + day out.