June 16, 1944

My Darling!

What I am writing to you now is not at all a letter, but rather a sharing of business information. The letter will be begun in a few minutes.

I have finally understood what 8x6 and 8x8 means. Darling, as you know, on my old uniform I have the number 67, and now I have to have 68. And therefore I’d like 8 of the number 6 and 8 of the number 8. As opposed to earlier, they must be gold-colored numbers. (?) That must have been difficult. You know about the officer’s (?); one pair woven and one pair knitted. Other than that I wrote a few days ago about (?). And if you have all of that, then pack it in a package, put a stamp on it, and send it to me. Because you are a clever darling, I’ll have everything here within 14 days, otherwise the summer will be over and I can’t wear the jacket at all.

Because I want a kiss from you so badly I want to ask you, do you want one, too? But only one, everything else must be saved for the letter that will be born in a few minutes. And because I know that it will be long and I can’t send it by airmail, I’ve written this one in the meantime.

Are you already looking forward to the other letter?

So now I do have to visit your lips with mine after all, and I remain always,

Your, Georg