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March 25 or 26, 1945

Dearest Gee. Got three letters from you today, kid, and one four pager from dad. Yours were dated Feb. 28, March 1st, and 14th. Really enjoyed the jokes that Val told you. Especially the one about the mouse. Where does she get them all? I was glad to get the letter from dad. Guess SisContinue reading “March 25 or 26, 1945”

Friday, March 23, 1945

Dearest Gee. Didn’t get any mail from you today. I got a v-mail from Coe tho so I wasn’t entirely left out. I hope I hear from you tomorrow tho. I’m sending you and Mom one of these souvenir handkerchiefs. Thought maybe you’d like to add it to the collection. They aren’t worth what IContinue reading “Friday, March 23, 1945”

Wednesday, March 21, 1945

Dearest Gee. Well, I hit the jackpot again today, honey. I got your two letters dated Feb. 29 and March 5, one from Sis, one from L. Harry, and one from the War Department. Yours were a v-mail and an Easter card with a letter in it four double-pages long. Was that ever a doozy!Continue reading “Wednesday, March 21, 1945”

Saturday, March 17, 1945

Dearest Gee. Well, honey, I got four nice packages from you today and one from Sis and one letter with handkerchiefs in it from Mom. I got three packs of cigarettes from Sis and four from you, and two packs of Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco. The rest was funny papers. Sure thank you aContinue reading “Saturday, March 17, 1945”

Thursday, March 15, 1945

Dearest Gee. Well, honey, no mail for two days now. Sure hope I connect tomorrow. We got paid tonight so I’m in the dough again. How are you fixed? Have you got the fifty yet? I’m going to try one more time to get some souvenirs but don’t think I’ll have much luck. It’s goingContinue reading “Thursday, March 15, 1945”

Tuesday, March 13, 1945

Dearest Gee. Been hitting a few more letters the last couple days. Got your v-mail of Feb. 23 telling me about Eli so you can see that air mail letters gets here lots quicker as I’ve had your airmail letter since last Thursday or Friday. Also got an old v-mail from Mom. It wasn’t tooContinue reading “Tuesday, March 13, 1945”

Sunday, March 11, 1945

Dearest Gee. Got two letters today, honey, I sure have been sweating out. Since I got your letter about Eli I’ve been wondering how things were going. It sure knocked the props out from me. Today, I got your Feb. 27 letter and one from Mildred C. Of Feb. 23. She had written two lettersContinue reading “Sunday, March 11, 1945”

Thursday, March 8, 1945

Dearest Gee. Lord, kid, I got your Feb 23 letter today about Eli and it sure floored me. I sure wasn’t looking for anything like that. Was going to send a telegram but wrote a letter instead. It would take another week for a telegram to get back anyway. He must have just gone offContinue reading “Thursday, March 8, 1945”

Monday, March 5, 1945

Dearest Gee. Received five letters today but should only have got three of them. Poor Coe, she wrote me a v-mail and Erv one and then sent them both to me. I’ll send his on to him the first chance I get. I got two nice letters from you, honey, one Feb. 20 and theContinue reading “Monday, March 5, 1945”