Friday, 2200

July 14, 1944

My dearest Maggie,

Just finished scrubbing our room here in the barracks. I am in a room now with the mess and water sergeant, there was only two of us here tonight, but we cleaned it up pretty well. The floor right now looks almost white. You can probably put me on a job like that when I get home. I should come in pretty handy at some things, all but cooking which I will leave up all to you. I don’t think I’ll even go hungry with your cooking. I sure miss it now, not only your cooking but everything about you. I was wishing you could come down here for a couple of days or maybe a week. Three days is the longest a person can stay at the guest house. A new officer came in today a first lieutenant, he is going to be the supply officer, he said he heard all the 2^nd Army units around here were going on maneuvers in three weeks. I don’t know how true it is, but we are supposed to be ready. I wish I could be with the 10^th Armored Div., they are going to Indiantown Gap, only about 80 miles from home.

I had a letter from home today, they were all disappointed that I couldn’t come home. Mother says she is feeling much better, only homesick for me. I feel a little homesick myself, the first time I really felt that way. I want to go home to stay so bad, thats all I can think of anymore. I want to be with you forever , mother says for you to come whenever you want to, and stay as long as you like, for good if you want.

I am sending some of these old pictures home, I won’t have room to carry them all if we go anywhere soon – I still have some good ones of your family and you. I would like for you to have your Dad take some of you, like we did last year. I like to see you grow. Sometime when you get time have a picture taken with you and the baby for that picture frame you gave me. I would like for you to paste all the pictures in some kind of a album or something. They will be nice to look at some day.

Did you ever have your insurance transferred to Tiffin? I just thought about it today. If you haven’t already, you’d better do it right away.

I didn’t have much to say tonight, the point was that you are on my mind all the time, I guess thats what makes me so blue. I love you honey, you’ll never know how much.

Your lonesome husband,

Pres.

P.S. I was thinking so much I almost forgot to ask about Allen. How is he behaving, tell me some things about you and about Allen. Tell me how you are feeling and everything.

I love you Marguerite.