{"id":74,"date":"2010-08-24T04:11:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T04:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/latestngreatest.net\/letters\/?p=74"},"modified":"2010-08-24T04:11:55","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T04:11:55","slug":"war-love-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latestngreatest.net\/loveletters\/misc\/war-love-letters.html","title":{"rendered":"War love letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some collected love letters from World War<\/strong><\/p>\n

12\/9\/44<\/p>\n

My darling Wife,
\nI’m sitting on the fantail writing this honey and we are all anchored.\u00a0 Although we aren’t underway, I still can’t say where we are.\u00a0 There is nothing that reminds me of home here, although I can see hills and trees around me.\u00a0 Just ships and water.\u00a0 I get so tired of it sometimes.\u00a0 I only wish I could tell some of the things I’ve seen.
\nThey’re not good things to tell, though.\u00a0 War is Hell., honey.\u00a0 I’ve seen so many horrible things out here.<\/p>\n

On the ship next to us they’re playing jazz music on the fantail while they repair the damage..\u00a0 Down below there are two boys trapped that they haven’t got to yet.\u00a0 Now they’re playing “I’ll Walk Alone.”\u00a0 Gosh, it’s beautiful.\u00a0 Now it’s “Sunrise Serenade”.\u00a0 When we’re in port we really put in a days work, but I don’t have to stand a watch tonight so I’ll get some rest.\u00a0 I can see from here a ship that a buddy of mine is on, although we haven’t had time to see each other yet.\u00a0 I don’t get a lot of time to visit around here.\u00a0 Darling I have to stop now because it’s too dark to see.\u00a0 How are Gene and Polly?\u00a0 I miss them so much.\u00a0 Even if I was out here for ten years I wouldn’t let myself forget.\u00a0 They both mean so much to me.\u00a0 I’m afraid Polly won’t remember me so I’ll have to get re-aquainted with her when I get home.\u00a0 Well darling, I must go.\u00a0 Love to you and the children.
\n-Bob<\/p>\n

My Darling Wife,<\/p>\n

Right now I’ve no idea where the Hell we are.\u00a0 No one does.\u00a0 I’m not sure even the captain knows!\u00a0 We’ve traveled as many miles as any D.E has ever traveled in the time that we’ve been at sea.\u00a0 I’ve seen almost all of the islands that we have taken from the Japs and we have seen NAVAL CENSOR but as yet it’s been only NAVAL CENSOR the last island that we were at.\u00a0 We were at one of the prettiest islands that I’ve seen yet.\u00a0 Maybe it was the smooth water and trees, but it reminded me of Salem.\u00a0 We also saw our first ring nosed native the other day.\u00a0 He was in a boat no bigger than himself fishing coconuts out of the water.\u00a0 We shouted at him to throw us some but he gestured that we’d have to come and get them.\u00a0 It was also the first time that I’d seen lightning in almost a year.\u00a0 There was a small storm that blew in and made me realize that it hadn’t rained since we left NAVAL CENSOR .\u00a0 I’m sitting on the fantail right now and the pages are getting wet from the rain, so I have to get inside.\u00a0 I love you and the children and please tell them that I’ll be home soon.<\/p>\n

I love you Wife
\nBob<\/p>\n

(the pages of this letter still have watermarks from the rain on them.)
\n6\/15\/45
\nMy Darling Wife,
\nHere I am again, sweetheart, with only a few minutes to write and so very much to say.\u00a0 Let me first assure that I AM STILL OK,\u00a0 and I miss you and the children so very much.\u00a0 Is it hot yet back home, honey.\u00a0 I can imagine it is.\u00a0 But I’ll bet it’s not as hot there as it is here!!!\u00a0 I wish I was home so badly, honey.\u00a0 I would give anything to hear those church bells ring on Sunday morning.\u00a0 Each day the war gets closer to ending, but it still seems so far away.<\/p>\n

We’re rolling aalong right now and I’m below deck.\u00a0 You can really hear the water splashing along the sides.\u00a0 Boy, I would love to go swimming again.\u00a0 It’s been some time since I’ve gone.\u00a0 Honey, I’ve spent two days on this letter, spending every free minute I have filling it in.\u00a0 The mail boat just pulled along side but I didn’t get anything.\u00a0 There’s nothing to this riding along and seeing nothing but water, working hard, and being scared out of your wits.\u00a0 Boy, we’ve really had some close calls.\u00a0 I guess we all just pray really hard. At Iwo the bombs were falling all around us.\u00a0 But I’ve seen much worse than that since.\u00a0 You mentioned something to me about getting a rest now.\u00a0 Honey, that is so VERY WRONG.\u00a0 I’m glad to see that Bill is coming home.\u00a0 I only wish my time was up.\u00a0 Things are getting better it seems, though.<\/p>\n

Well honey, I have to finish this letter before the boat leaves.\u00a0 I love you and the children and please keep praying for us out here.<\/p>\n

All my love, Bob
\n8\/16\/44<\/p>\n

Hello Darling Wife and Children,
\nWell darling it won’t be long now.\u00a0 Our boys are really on those Germans.\u00a0 They can’t win and neither can those damn Japs.\u00a0 It may take us a liitle longer to finish them off, but they know their number is up.\u00a0 We’ll get ’em sweetheart, and then it will be so good to be home.\u00a0 But I can’t think about that now because it’s not over yet.\u00a0 The Japs will still fight on but not for long.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keep planning and saving and soon all our hopes and prayers will be answered.\u00a0 I’ve working today and boy,\u00a0\u00a0 I can fully realize that when they say you go aboard your work really starts, they mean it.\u00a0 Tonight I work from 12 to 3 and starting saturday we go on watch aboard ship.<\/p>\n

Well darling, I must go.\u00a0 I’ll write a longer letter tonight.<\/p>\n

My love to you and the children.
\nBob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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