20 Oct 1944

                                                                                                                             Friday

Darling Mine,

 

            Your Sunday’s letter just came in and you know how glad I was to get it. All your interesting information was welcome but as you know it left me with a lot of questions about things but then I guess that it always does for a letter is so inadequate and they take so long to get back and forth. Your letter came direct and was not interfered with by the hurricane or other elements. I thought the darn mail would be held up but evidently the storm did not delay things this time as the planes seem to be running regularly. Florida got a good going over though with lots of damage/

            I was indeed sick about the info you gave me in reference to our good friend. I suppose that he is in Italy by now though you have not said. You were correct in the name of his new CG and I know him from RF in the early days. I can hardly believe that it could have happened after his tremendously hard and diligent work for a couple of years there. Injustice like that just cannot go unanswered and I am sure that he must have eaten his heart out about it. His new CG is a real officer and has made a name for himself in Africa and Italy and I am sure that C__ will make him a good man. Your information and anticipation of a visit from HH was noted with interest and I am most anxious to hear what he had to say and whether or not you believe he will see our way and make an attempt to do something. You don’t know how much I hope so after your letter. Gosh honey-----.I have not heard from Ken as of yet but am still hoping for an answer but that is about all I expect. As a matter of fact I feel now as though any port in a storm is satisfactory. Don’t you worry though things will be OK and darling I appreciate all your efforts and hopes. I must admit though that I am terribly discouraged and worried.

            I also read with great appreciation your beautiful words about us darling and those same thoughts are returned many many times. The time will come when this war will be over and things will be normal once more and we Americans can be allowed to live as we are used to once again. There is a lot of hard going to be undertaken as yet but the end is in site I believe.

            My cold continues to hang on and foolish me continues to stay up in spite of it. I would be much better off to take a day or two and got over it but being new on this job I do not like to take off immediately after reporting for the way it might look. Rest is the real way to get over a cold and its duration is much shorter if one does but it will run its course I suppose in spite of whatever one does.

            Darling I send you all my love and devotion and I long to be with you. Adios for the time being.

Edwin

P.S. You can use the above address as it may get my mail to me a day early.