Feb 26, 1944 Co C-735 The Ry. Open Br.
Sat 12:00 Midnite Camp Plauche
New Orleans (12), La.
My Darling,
Here I am my Darling for the first time since I’ve been in the army, in a quiet peaceful place where I can think while I write.
I just came back from a picture show and most of the fellows are in New Orleans for the nite and the remaining few are asleep. I’m out on the back steps of the barrack and I have the outdoor light on.
Darling I haven’t written you a letter yet since I’ve been here the way I’d like to write you. Early in the evenings inside the barracks and even where I am now the noise of poker games, men arguing, and others singing, confuses me so much I hardly know what I’m writing. I can’t put my heart into a letter because when I’m thinking what I want to write I turn around and write something else which is caused by the confusion. You’ve no idea how hard it is to write under such confusion.
So here I am Pheety sitting out here in the wonderful cool breeze with thousands of stars watching me write this letter and what do you suppose I’m thinking tonite. I know you’d know cause I can hear you say it now, “Darling I wish you were with me tonite, how wonderful it would be to hold you in my arms and watch you blink your eyes. Before we know if we’ve fallen into a kiss and I say, Does my Pheety love me, and she says, you know it.” Oh Darling, next Saturday nite at this time I can say to myself just thrice more days to meet that train which carries a precious person, my Darling, Pheety hear. Margaret when I married you I was crazy about you but since we’ve been married this long I’ve become so attached to you that nothing seems right to be away from you. When I wake up in the mornings when I’m still partly asleep, I begin to wonder all at once if it was once really a time that I had you besides me when I got up out of bed. It seems like a dream in the mornings when I wake up, but after I’m completely awake I realize it all was once true and shall be true soon once again.
Perhaps you wonder sometimes just how much I do miss you as I don’t discuss it in my letters as much as you do. But Pheety Darling I never could express myself very well in letters but to tell you personally wouldn’t be necessary too because my actions would leave no doubt in your mind how much you mean to me. You’ll find out where I meet that train. I’m soft hearted that way Darling and I’ll be so happy to see you I’ll probably cry. It will be our first reunion over a period of time such as this. I believe the longest we’ve ever been apart before this since we’ve met has only been not much more than a week.
I received your letter today you wrote the 23rd on Wednesday at 1:00 PM and you were wondering why you haven’t been hearing from me. As I told you in my last letter we’ve been having nite operations this week and just didn’t have the time, If tomorrow wasn’t Sunday I wouldn’t be writing you now as I wouldn’t get much sleep. But on Sunday I can sleep as long as I wish.
If Bob doesn’t take the kids before it’s time for your mother to leave for Missouri please don’t let that stop you from coming. If you don’t come soon it may be useless to come at all as we might be shipped far off. You never can tell Darling. Your folks shouldn’t expect you to stay with the kids as you’ve already did your part and much more than that you’ve done too much. And as you say, you’ll have to make it damn good and plain as I’ll have the arrangements all made once again and no one is going to spoil them for us. We’ve got our life to live Margaret and we can’t be looking after someone else’s kids because their parents couldn’t get along (Bob and Phyllis). I see now that Betty gets all the favors and attention in your family so let’s fool them once and have things our way. Even if you have to sneak out of the house when they’re not looking so you can be with me.
I guess I gave your dad the devil so much in my letters that it has begun to hurt you. Pheety I’m sorry if I did but it’s all for you. Perhaps he can’t be blamed for going on a drunk and things like that but no matter what it is you have to tell me, I still say he has no excuse for working you the way he has. That still goes with me Margaret and I shall never forgive him. You’re the sweetest most wonderful little wife I could ever have and I’m living and breathing just to look our for you Darling. There’s no one to take your place that is why “no matter what should ever happen to you, only you will live in my heart forever.”
Sometimes I actually believe if I didn’t have you on my mind so much I could do better here in the army. That is how much I think of you Darling.
Will go to bed now and write you some more tomorrow Darling. When I crawl in bed I’ll be thinking of how if was when we were together and when I say the word TOGETHER I mean the [evening] of March 5th. Let’s not fail that most wonderful evening. God helps you to be here then. I’ll be the first one to approach that lucky train to have you for one of it’s passengers.
“Your faithful Soldier Pheety,”
Vincent
X XXXX XXX!
Remember that last kiss you gave me on the back porch that morning I left. Well that kiss is still there Darling without being covered by another one. That kiss has to stay there without being touched Darling until you get off that train. Only your lips can touch mine and I’m sure you can say your lips haven’t been touched since I kissed you last.
If I can spare the money soon I’d like to get you a wedding ring. Wouldn’t that be wonderful Darling. That’s one thing I want to do before I go overseas if I do. Since you’re all I have I want to make you so happy and give you all the wonderful things I can Darling.
I have seen several pictures of the fellas wives and more of them are half as beautiful as you. Many I have shown your picture to think you’re a wow and that makes me so proud of you.
I carry your picture with me all the time and I have it in the first flaps of my wallet. I look at it everyday Darling and I prize that picture more than anything I have in my possession.
Bellefontaine - You
I LOVE YOU
-Me New Orleans