14 Aug 1944

Monday

Sweet Little Bits,

Well darling just a few words of chatting for Pop has nothing startling but I must keep the mail flowing for my Toots is quickly on me if I don’t and lots of time even if I do. Two hours have elapsed since beginning this and it is now after hours and maybe I can proceed without interruption. Am I getting old and crabby do you think?

Little has happened since I wrote you last. By the time you get this George L. will probably have contacted you. He leaves in the morning for the US via your location and will be there all night the first night out. I don’t exactly know what his mission is but I believe that he will be in the US for a spell. He asked me for your address and telephone number which I duly gave out.

I had a letter from Roberts and he said that he talked to Hopwood (from Washington) about my school chances and that he said that they were not good and that he did not believe that I would want the school under the present circumstances. I don’t know what that means and he did not say but said that he would tell me when he got back. That will be five days hence. I am willing to think that Hoppy knows whereof he talks so I guess that is out. I am not much Perturbed about it for I have really given up anything but just being available if they happen to run across my name and address. After all we are not doing too badly under the present setup even if it is not exactly to our liking as far as the separation goes. I think after a time one just sort of wears himself down on this business of trying to get to the front and I suppose that in final analysis it is foolish to be other than ready if they call you. As Jim says in his letter nobody wants a full Colonel these days as they have their own men who have had two years of active experience and a greenhorn coming in is not any good to them for sometime. That is the impression that he got at the big conference and he said that all the big shots were there. He said however to remain entirely inconsistent that he thought he was slated for a heavy group right away. He must have done the ground work while up there. I will release him if that is the case but it means that it will be that much harder for me to get away under any circumstances as he was groomed to take my place. Again I say ok by me. I feel sort of ashamed of myself for feeling that way and would only say it to you my beloved. I hope that you think none the less of me for it. I just have to quit fretting and that is that.

Gabe is not coming back and is probably off to the far spots before long. That has just come thru. He never intended coming back for he took everything with him. I think that he probably had something lined up unbeknownst to anyone for he sure cleared out bag and baggage.

Darling it is so hard for me to put into words my feelings for and about you. They always look the same and have to be said in the same phrases and really are inadequate to express my thoughts. I am missing you so much and have such a desperate urge to be with you that it really makes the days difficult to get thru. When I am not busy I spend so much time thinking of us and it is really not good for the mental system under the setup. I love you so dearly my little one and I am resenting this war more and more each day. I hope that you are happy as can be and are thinking of me lots. Love and kisses darling mine and adios for another time.

Edwin