DON’T FORGET MY NEW
9:00
pm Nov 18th 1944
My most darling wife,
Hello you
great big beautiful thing, are you as beautiful as you were when I left you? How are you Darling, are you well &
happy? I hope so, as I worry about you precious, all the time. Did you like my last letter of the 11th?
I hope so as I was so lonesome for you on that day that I wanted to write you a
good letter. I’m always lonesome
for you my Pheety, but some days are worse than
others. I don’t know why, but I get so lonesome & blue that I just have to
sit down & pour my heart & soul in a letter to my Darling. Oh Pheety I know if you missed me as much as I do
you, there will never be a minute pass by without you’re thinking of me. As I have you on my mind constantly & I
want you to believe me. You’ve no idea
how much you stand out in my mind everyday & the thought of you makes feel
so proud I own a wife as sweet as you.
You’re very precious to me Darling & becoming more precious
everyday. I’m going to need you when I
come back Pheety, so please save all your love and
kisses for me, please. I’ve found I
can’t live without you Margaret, as life is very dull when you’re not around,
all from my heart Darling. And why am I
happy and contented when you’re around, because it’s just you I guess. [Edited
for content], the way you beg me for kisses & when I give you one you
never want to stop kissing. (I hope you
don’t like them so well-
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-that you can’t wait til
I come back). And the cute little ways you have are fascinating Pheety. No woman
could make a man happier than you have made me, so I must say you’re a sweet,
wonderful little wife. Yes Darling, for
my part you’re closer to me than ever before, in my heart. I hope I’m just as close in yours as you are
in mine. I’m sure I am Darling. If I’m in your heart like you are in mine,
then no one will ever have a chance to enter, even for the slightest
moment. But I should worry as no one
could be more true than you have been & I know
Margaret that no one could ever touch you but you’re Pheety. That’s the way I feel too, Darling & [statements of fidelity]. And I must tell you with all my heart Darling
that that is just what I am doing, I’m going without being loved and kissed,
until I can be kissed by my one and only Pheety. There’s only one Pheety
in this world & every kiss must have Pheety on it
or else it’s no good.
Goodness knows I’ve never found one that could kiss & [edit] like you can, how wonderful it’s
going to be to get more of your [edit]
one of these days, which I hope will be soon.
Pheety I
haven’t had any mail since the 28th of October & I know where it
is too. It’s with the rest of our outfit
back where we were first stationed on the Chateau. & since a few of us are attached here to
another outfit which is about 130 miles from our outfit it don’t seem like we’re
ever going to get our mail. Since I
haven’t got your letters I don’t know what you’ve been-
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-doing or even where you are. Sometimes I get to thinking maybe you’ve
moved back to Belfontaine. It sure makes me blue to not know anything
about you, what you’re doing or where you are.
But when we do get our mail, I’ll know everything.
Isn’t my writing terrible anymore,
no wonder I can’t write cause we’ve been working such terribly long hours
without any rest & sleeping in old box cars. It’s getting more rugged everyday Darling
& there’s not a thing to keep up my morale, only to know you love me &
that you’re saving all of your love, yourself, & your kisses for me. You don’t know what it will mean to know you
are doing this for me, but I’m sure of it without you telling me, but I want
you to say it anyway Pheety & say it with all
your heart. That’s why I’m over here
Darling, I’m working & fighting for you & your love, so why should some
guy who is taking it easy back there have your kisses when I have to be here
& go without sleep & sometimes food & working to get this war over
so you & I can always have peace & freedom the rest of our lives. I know you see it the way I do & I wish
many other wives would feel the same way but a lot of them don’t. They give their love & themselves to some
one else while their soldier is going through hell for them over here. I’m not in the Infantry, but before it’s over
I guess I’d just as well be. Well
Darling, I do hope we can be together again by at least next summer & I
think we will. The war is bound to last
this winter, but in the spring they think it will wind up to a big Victory.
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So until I get back to you I want
you to be a good little Pheety & take good care
of yourself & your health. Have you
bought a new fur coat for yourself? I hope so Darling, as you really need
one. I want my Baby to keep warm this
winter & I bet she’d be a Darling in a fur coat, oh boy!
I hope you don’t end up living with
your folks, as I’ll never see you having to slave yourself on that old farm
again, or be left alone at times with those nosy kids. Please do that much for me Darling & get
a place of your own even if you can’t save some of your money. If you can’t find a small apartment you can
get a nice little room, but I would rather have you closer home than St. Paul
now, now please don’t worry about me Darling as I’m getting along alright, I’m
getting used to our long working hours & even getting so I can’t sleep when
I have the chance. Did you ever feel
that way?
Always remember Darling that you’re on my mind every minute,
each day over here & I hope I’m on your mind that much too. Don’t ever forget that I LOVE YOU DARLING
& I shall always & forever. And
there’s no one who can compare with you Pheety, as
you’re the only Pheety in this world.
You don’t know how proud I am of
you Darling & if you don’t believe me, just wait til
I come home. Gosh I bet you’re getting
more beautiful everyday, aren’t you ever going to stop getting beautiful? Keep writing Precious, all my love and
kisses to you.
Your
Dumplin’