Co. C 735th Py. Opn, Bn.

A.P.P. #5942 ­­ P.M. New York, N.Y.

3:00 pm Oct. 29th 1944

Somewhere in France

 

My Dearest Wife,

            Yesterday I received your letter of Sept. 28, just one month ago it was written & I also got your lovely Christmas card. Darling that’s the most beautiful card & such a lovely verse. It made me so happy when I read it & I know the verse came from your heart. Yes Darling I’m sorry too, because you haven’t been hearing from me, but it takes letters quite a while to get started when they start rolling in you’ll be getting them often because I’ll have plenty on the way right behind them. Naturally I’d be getting mail from you, cause you’ve been writing everyday, but I couldn’t write in the beginning as we were too busy traveling to our destination & getting settled. And another reason, you’ve sent all your letters air mail & I didn’t have any stamps at all, so I had to send them FREE which takes about 10 to 12 days longer. I have about 12 air mail envelopes now, but don’t know when we’ll get more.

Pheety I keep looking at the swell bracelet you sent me for Christmas, the verse on the back is so sweet & I was so happy that you put “Pheety” on it. Were you embarrassed when you told the jeweler you wanted “Pheety” on it? Ha. I’m just anxious to get a letter from you telling how you feel about my unwrapping your present before Christmas. Anything that comes from my Pheety, I can’t wait to see what it is. If it was something I could wear, I wanted it on me so I could be wearing it. Over here it really means something to get something nice & is too hard to wait almost two months to open it. I went to town Friday the 27th & picked up your little present. I kept looking around for your best present & boy I found just what I wanted. It’s the most beautiful thing of its kind I’ve ever seen, it’s very well made & sure has some wonderful workmanship. You’ll just love it & I want you to take good care of it & not scratch it as I want you to wear it when I show you off when I come home. I’m giving 600 francs for it, which is $12.00, so it must be a good one. I gave 260 francs for your small present $5.20. So altogether, $17.20 should make my baby a nice Christmas from one who is in the army & only a private. I’m to pick your best present up next Thursday November 2nd. We get paid Tuesday the 31st.

            I got the swellest letter from my Dad yesterday, he writes me every once in a while. He says he can’t wait until I get back so we can have those good times again. He says, “Remember the Hofbran & the 7 hamburgers.” We’ll have to have a celebration at the Hofbran when I get back, you & Dad & me. You & I will have ours first together so we can do plenty of lovin, oh boy. Won’t that first night be swell honey after going so long without it? Of course you may be tired of it when I get back, you’ll be all played out? ha. I’ll have to hire a Gestapo to check up on you & have the report sent to me every month. ha. But really if you ever gave yourself to anyone else even for once, I’d be through with you forever, cause then I’d know you didn’t love me. People can’t do those things & love a person at the same time, you know. But I’m not worried so why I did I mention it? I know you wouldn’t think of doing such a thing.

           

            Darling I’m getting homesick, everyday I get an awful feeling & I want to come home so bad. If I didn’t think of you so much it wouldn’t be so bad, but I have you on my mind so much I get to thinking all the wonderful times I’m missing being away from you. I get to thinking what you & I could be doing instead of doing this crap over here. But it’s got to be done before I can see my Pheety, so that makes us all work faster & harder.

 

I could really give you a good going over if I had you right now, all the boys have gone to town cause it’s Sunday & I’m here all alone. I can’t shop on Sunday so I’ve no reason to wear myself out walking 3 mile to town. But now that I’m all alone in my cozy little hut I sure would love to have my Baby here with me. Would you like to come over on the boat, I sure wish you could, Darling. It’s too dangerous & by the time you got to me the women hungry GI’s would have you raped to death. ha. Boy I sure miss those swell kisses of yours Darling, maybe you think I can kiss but say you kiss ten times better. Why shouldn’t you, you have a beautiful mouth, Darling.

 

             Oh Darling, it’s going to be a great day when I come home. Just think how long Clark has been gone, a lot longer than I have & I believe I’ll be back to you as soon as he will to Betty. I’m expecting to be back sometime next summer, the general talk says we will but we’ll be very fortunate if we’re back by that time.

 

            Well Pheety, I had a big day for me today, I washed all my dirty clothes & finished the afternoon cutting down trees for firewood. I’ve been a little busy body all day just working by myself & thinking of you every minute. Our weekly rations came in today, every week we’re allowed 7 packs of cigarettes, 3 or 4 candy bars, one pack of chewing gum, a bar of soap, razor blades & any other toilet article or item we might need. Today they had some German tobacco cigarettes & cigars which must have been captured up on the lines & brought to the source of our supplies. Anyway, we got hold of them & I’m just crazy over those German cigars, they’re the best cigars. I even smoked the first cigar that was even mild enough for me to inhale; they’re as mild as a cigarette. I bought 15 of them & I hope they get some more. I have loads of soap, razor blades & cigarettes. I bought 2 cartons in New York & they gave us one carton on the boat. I still have all my soap, cause I bought 12 cakes of Lux in N.Y. & we’re always getting that stuff every week. I bought a carton of razor blades on the boat, 100 blades in a carton for 45 cents, imagine that. I’m well supplied, so don’t send my anything in that line.

 

            You don’t know how happy it makes me Pheety to know you’re feeling well & getting plenty of rest, that’s what you need. I’m praying you don’t have anymore trouble during your periods. You don’t know how much I miss you Darling & no matter how long I’m gone, I’ll always love you. How could one forget someone as sweet as you after living & loving you for a year & a half. I’m so attracted to you Darling that I feel as though I have lived with you for years. I love you Darling with all my heart. Will write tomorrow. All my love & kisses—

Your Dumplin