Aug - 8 - 43

Sun. Morn.

To My Dear Sweet Wife,

            Well I just got a big letter from you so I’ll answer it. I may go to a show this afternoon if I can get a pass. I went to Bowling Green last night. I went and got a new crystal in my watch. It’s just like new now. The crystal only cost $75. I’m sitting here trying to talk and write and I’m doing a poor job of both. Well Marge I just had breakfast and feel a lot better now. I’ve eaten enough eggs this summer to start to cackle like an old hen.

            I’ve still my pet poison ivy. My legs are all scabs where I’ve scratched them. Maybe after I get back home I’ll get over it. Boy sometimes I almost dig the hide off.

            News here is scarce. Our problem starts again before long and then we won’t get a pass for another week. Only 25% is allowed on pass but I think about 90% went. They would have a heck of a time trying to check up and see who is still around.

            Marge why don’t you go to the picnic? It would do you good. I would like to go with you but I guess I can’t.

            You asked me who of the boys was still writing. Satchie never does. Bill J. hasn’t for a long time. Dale N. hasn’t since he left the continent. Harold _____ and Wayne ________ haven’t written for a long time. I guess they don’t want to. Pittenger still writes. I got a letter the other day from him. He is in with Une Aviation engineers now.

            Honey this won’t go out before tomorrow and I’m not in the mood to write.

 

Mon Morn

            Well Honey I’m going to finish this now and mail it before 11 A.M. Its 830 now and we have today off. This is the longest time we have been off since the maneuvers started. Honey If I’d known everything you could have come down over this weekend. But I guess it’s too late now. Probably next weekend we won’t even get off. Tough sh*t.

            Well I went to town yesterday and had a chicken dinner. It wasn’t bad but I’ve had better chicken. Probably buzzard meat. Then I went to a show. About all they have here is wild west thrillers and I‘m not crazy about them.

            I got a letter from pap yesterday. I’ll have to answer that today. It seems so darned funny not to half to do anything for a change.

            Some of the fellows are still asleep and you very seldom see that out here.

            I got some flashlight bulbs that pap sent or father C. Scott. We didn’t have any and they will come in handy.

            Marge I’ll have to go and walk telephone lines now. We can’t get all the gun sections. Someone must have screwed the works up. I’ll be back in a flash. I guess I was bragging too soon.

            Honey here I am again. Just as good as ever. I guess it might have done me good to get away from this place. A guy would go nuts if they didn’t once in a while. Maybe in another month we won’t be on maneuvers.

            Honey I got a great big letter yesterday from you. Anymore If I get two of these pages full I’m doing good. There isn’t a thing here to write about. Well Marge if I ever get home I won’t have to write. You won’t either. If I was home I could love you all I want to and that’s plenty. Honey when I get home after this is all over I think Ill just love you up like you were never loved before for about a whole year. Then I’ll start to work. Probably by that time I’ll have to start to work so we can take care of Jr. I guess I’m just dreaming. Maybe by that time Jr. will be twins. Honey do you still only want six kids or was it two? I’ll bet you forgot all about them. I haven’t though. Yesterday was Aug 8. Ila wants me to tell her what happened on Aug 8. She said you just hollowed and tell that for a million dollars. It must have been a Saturday night wasn’t it? Maybe by this time next year things will be different and we can have some fun again. I love you more every day. I guess I’ve always loved you haven’t I. Honey it wont be long now until we have an anniversary and I should get you something. I don’t know what. Write and tell me. It doesn’t seem like a year since I said I do but the calendar don’t lie. I think I was too scared to forget. Well Marge I love you a lot more now than I did then. I know you will always love me now and I trust you. I’m being true to you and I think you know that don’t you?

            Well I’ll have to get this mailed before long. Be a good little squirt and I’ll be seeing you. Maybe sooner than you expect.

 

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Here’s a kiss that’s not real but

The best I can do under the

Circumstances.

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