May 30, 1943 Dearest Mary, Here it is Sunday again, what a day! I can’t take a sun bath cause it looks like more rain, that’s always the way. I received your letter yesterday, and Mary I sure do envy you going to the beach, boy do I miss that, I’ll bet you will have …
May 25, 1943 Dearest Mary, It is now about 6:00 P.M. we just jot back from the field and are we ever corked, we had to work all last night, the whole battalion went out, and driving with black out lights, it was pretty tough on the drivers, anyway, while it was raining, two trucks …
May 24, 1943 Dearest Mary, There it is Monday, what a day, its about 5:30 P.M. and were getting ready to get out in the field, and is it ever raining, the. Boys seem kinda disgusted, cause when the ground is wet we usually have a tough night, the trucks and guns usually always get …
May 23, 1943 Dearest Mary, Received your letter today, although I almost missed it, cause I wasn’t there for mail call, when I heard that they called my name, did I ever make time, getting it! Jimmy is driving me nuts, here I’m trying to write and he’s fooling around, we are going to the …
May 21, 1943 Dearest Mary, Now don’t give me heck Mary, cause no kiddin I couldn’t help it, I told you I would write to you the night I was on guard, gee Mary I started the letter and, I just wasn’t in the mood to finish it. Here it is Friday already, man! The …
May 18, 1943 Dearest Mary, I guess you think it’s about time I’ve written, really Mary I couldn’t help it, cause we have been working three days, preparing for an inspection, and today was it, the inspecting General came today, I got to bed at 12:00 last night and had to get up at 3:00 …
May 13, 1943 Dearest Mary, Received a letter from you today and also yesterday, gee I tried to write last night but I’m tell you Mary they just don’t give us time to do any thing here. Yesterday we went out on the rifle range, we got up, ate, got our packs and rifles ready, …
May 7, 1943 Hi Little Girl: Its noon and have just enough time to drop you a line. Went to gas school this morning and I volunteered to be on the decontaminating squad for a gas demonstration tomorrow, its for all the non-com in the whole division. We also had cannoneers instruction this morning. Next …
May 7, 1943 Dearest Mary, Well little girl here it is Sunday, did it ever rain yesterday, I can understand why the Mississippi is always flowing over. I told you about our demonstration we were going to give, they took out pictures, while we were in the uniforms, there all sent to the Was Department …
May 7, 1943 Dearest Mary, Gee I got two letters from you today, and did I get heck, ha ha, I thought it was cute the way you balled me out, when I wrote that note Mary! I really hadn’t heard from you for at least five days and I was getting kinda sore, any …
