August 10, 1942

Sunday Evening

Dearest Jane:

Hello my sweet. How are you feeling this Sunday? Hope you are feeling fine. But hope you aren’t as lonesome and homesick as I am. Honey its really hard on weekends. During the week it isn’t so bad but on Saturday and Sunday I really do feel low. You have no idea how I miss you and how much I love you. Sweet it’s breaking my heart being away from you. I just hope I won’t be long before I am with you because I don’t think I can stand it much longer. I am doing the best I can but it’s just about to get me down. I will get to see you soon even if it will be for just a little while. That will be better than not seeing you al tall.

Honey did you think I wasn’t going to write? I haven’t had a chance to write in 4 or 5 days. Have been working from day light till dark. But starting tonight I start working all night and be off all day.

I am Supply Sergeant for the Battalion. Have to draw all the Rations (that means groceries). Have to go to Rise to get them. Then bring them to camp and divide them up among the different companions. Pretty big job. At least it keeps me busy all the time. I guess that I best because it doesn’t give me a lot of time to think. With nothing to do but think I would go nuts. As I was saying I start getting the rations at night. Get them about 9:30 and get through about 4 in the morning. It won’t be so bad if I can sleep in the daytime.

Sweet I don’t know a lot to write. There isn’t any thing of importance so going on around here. Just the same old thing day after day. I know you think it’s awful that I don’t’ write you more but I never can think of a thing to write. I could talk a whole day, but when it comes to writing I can’t write a thing.

I don’t know exactly when we leave here for maneuvers but it will be some time between the 16 and 24 of the month. Ask the doctor if there is any possible chance of the baby being born early. Because I do want to be there and I leave on maneuvers before you let me know there isn’t any telling where I would be and they might not get in touch with me in time. I guess I could get as much time as I needed. If I didn’t I could telegram them and ask for an extension. Sweet I don’t think there is a Red Cross officer here. I haven’t been able to locate one yet. If I can’t I don’t know how I would get the money to come home on time. Guess I can make it some way though Whiteville said say hello for him. He got a letter from Bonnie. She said she was sending the baby a present so you can be expecting it.

Sweet guess I will stop now. I don’t know a thing else to write only that I love you and miss you till it hurts. I haven’t got a letter in about 4 days. Maybe I will today. Hope so. Sweet take care of yourself and let me know in plenty of time.

Love with all my heart.

Clive

Dear Mother, Dad and Sybil:

Just a few lines to let you know that I am OK and getting along pretty good. Only I miss you all so much it’s about to make me go nuts. I guess I can stand it though. I don’t know much so don’t be mad at me for not writing a long letter. Take care of yourselves and remember I love you all very very much. Maybe I will get to see you before very long. Take care of Jane and see that I get a telegram in time to get there.

Tell Sybil to tell Bob hello for me.

Be careful all of you and be sure and write.

Love to all

Clive.