All letters, in order
1942
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Camp Carson, on arrival (autumn 1942)
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Colorado Dear Marian We finally got settled and I landed a thousand miles from nowhere. Th…
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Camp Carson, autumn 1942
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Ann Everything is O.K. here at Camp. My experience at the shipyard helped me get in a…
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November 12, 1942
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Anna Quit your worrying. Everything is all right. I am with a combat unit but it will…
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Camp Carson, Thanksgiving 1942
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Ann I was glad to hear from you. you don't have to send letters air mail unless you w…
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December 15, 1942
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Colorado Dear Marian I got the Christmas Gift you sent. Thanks a lot. The cookies were swe…
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December 18, 1942
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian How is everything with you and the family. The last letter I wrote to you wasn…
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December 20, 1942
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian Colorado, [date obscured] How's tricks. I got the Camera and the gifts that al…
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December 25, 1942
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Ann I am writing this letter on Christmas afternoon. It is snowing now so I didn't go…
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Camp Carson, Christmas 1942
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Ann I haven't been writing as often as I started. It's not because I am forgetting yo…
1943
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1943 (approx.)
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian How are you doing. you must be getting pretty sporty getting a new car. I gues…
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1943 (approx.)
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Ann How is everything Babe? I'm writing to you at last. I have no excuse for not writ…
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1943 (approx.)
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Ann I'm not in love, in fact I have hardly talked to a girl since I've been here. I a…
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1943 (approx.)
to Ann
Miami Beach, Florida
Pvt. Paul N. Simpson U.S. Army 1126 Technical School Squadron (Sp.) Flight No. 498th A.A.F…
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1943 (approx.)
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Anna I guess you take notice that I was quite prompt answering your letter this time.…
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1943 (approx.)
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian Colorado! you couldn't have been any happier hearing from me than I was hearin…
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1943 (approx.)
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian Colorado I was glad to hear from you. you will never make yourself a pest by w…
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1943 (approx.)
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian I guess my last letter was rather discouraging. I got out of quarantine today …
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Camp Carson, 1943 (approx.)
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian I know it has been a little while since I've written last. Its a long story. I…
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Camp Carson, 1943 (approx.)
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian I got another letter from you saying that you haven't heard from me yet. I wro…
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Camp Carson, 1943 (approx.)
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian, I got your letter and was very pleased. I just got out of the hospital yester…
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February 7, 1943
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Ann I was glad to hear from. It didn't take quite so long this time for me to write. …
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Camp Carson, February 1943
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado — camp hospital
Dear Ann How are you doing. I am writing this letter from the camp hospital. I have been i…
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Camp Carson, February 1943
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Colorado Dear Marian How is everything. Things are slow here right now. I've been in the h…
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March 5, 1943
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Colorado? Dear Marian How is everything going? I hope little Gary does know me when I get …
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April 1943
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian I was glad to hear from you. I would have wrote sooner but we have been going …
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May 1943
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Ann How is everything? I didn't realize that it was so long a time since I had writte…
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July 1943
to Ann
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Ann Well here I am at last. Don't get so excited when I don't write as often as you e…
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September 1943
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Dear Marian I know I haven't written to you for a couple of weeks but that is the way I am…
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November 1943
to Marian
Camp Carson, Colorado
Hi Babe How is everything going? I'm still at Camp Carson and it looks as though I'm stuck…
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November 1943
to Marian
United States (East Coast or stateside camp)
Dear Marian How are you doing? It has been quite a while since I have heard from you, in f…
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November 10, 1943
to Ann
New York (port of embarkation area)
Dear Ann How are you doing? Everything is fine here. I finally got out of Colorado. A full…
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December 1943
to Marian
England
England, [Nov crossed out] Dec. Sometimes I have to act as an interpreter between a couple…
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December 6, 1943
to Ann
England or en route overseas (A.P.O. 9029)
Dear Ann How is everything going, Babe? I'm doing fine. You know I always was a sport, and…
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December 12, 1943
to Ann
North Africa
Dear Ann Just a few lines to let you know that everything is ok + also you will get it qui…
1944
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1944 (approx.)
to Ann
mainland Europe
Dear Ann I just got back from church and decided to drop you a few lines. Tell Sarah not t…
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January 21, 1944
to Ann
England
Hi Bebe Just a few lines to let you know that everything is all right and to give you my n…
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January 28, 1944
to Marian
England
Jan 28, 1944 Dear Marian I wrote you a letter yesterday but today I got my first letter fr…
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February 19, 1944
to Ann
England
Dear Ann Feb. 19 I have received quite a few letters from you lately. you said in one that…
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March 20, 1944
to Ann
England
Dear Ann Just a few lines to let you know that everything is all right. I got your letter …
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March 30, 1944
to Marian
England
Dear Marian Just a few lines to let you know that I got your other package. The box was sm…
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May 4, 1944
to Marian
England
England May 4, 1944 Dear Marian, I hope you aren't shocked from receiving this letter. I'v…
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June 19, 1944
to Ann
France
Hello Ann, How is everything going? I'm now in France. There isn't much to say but I am fe…
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July 5, 1944
to Ann
France
Dear Ann How are you making out? I haven't had a letter from you for quite a while but I r…
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August 24, 1944
to Marian
France
Aug. 24, 1944 Dear Marian I just got two letters from you yesterday that were really welco…
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September 4, 1944
to Marian
mainland Europe (France or Belgium)
Sept 4, 1944 Dear Marian I just received another letter from you dated August 16. That was…
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September 21, 1944
to Marian
Belgium
Sept 21, 1944 Dear Marian This will probably be a surprise to you because I am writing a l…
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September 27, 1944
to Marian
Belgium
Sept 27, 1944 Dear [?] I got [?] [?] from the Governor Clinton the other d[ay]. I see that…
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October 19, 1944
to Marian
Belgium
Oct 19, 1944 Belgium Dear Marian I just got your letter today that was sent the fourth of …
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December 16, 1944
to Marian
mainland Europe (England or France/Germany)
Dect. 16, 1944 Dear Marian, I received your letter today that was written the second of th…
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December 17, 1944
to Marian
Belgium
Belgium Dec 17, 1944 Dear Marian I received a letter from you sent the fourteenth of Novem…
1945
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January 23, 1945
to Marian
Belgium
Belgium Jan. 23, 1945 Dear Marian The other day I received two letters from you and your C…
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February 6, 1945
to Marian
Germany
Germany February 6 Dear Marian I received two letters from you yesterday, they were dated …
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February 16, 1945
to Marian
Germany
Feb 16, 1945 Germany Dear Marian The fact that I am in Germany might sound a little rough …
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March 27, 1945
to Marian
Germany
March 27, 1945 Germany Dear Marian I just got your letter sent the fifth of March and was …
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May 1945
to Marian
Tröbitz or Triebichau area, Germany (between Halle, Dessau, and Leipzig)
Dear Marian I got your letter the [other day?] and was really glad to hear from [you. I ha…
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May 9, 1945
to Marian
Germany
May 9, 1945 Germany Dear Marian Well the war in Europe is finally over. I thought that mos…
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May 26, 1945
to Marian
Germany
Germany May 26, 1945 Dear Marian, I got your letter that you sent May the First and was re…
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August 3, 1945
to Marian
France (between Reims and Laon)
Dear Marian France Aug 3 I just got a letter from you sent the twentieth of July and today…
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August 30, 1945
to Marian
France
August 30, 1945 France Dear Marian; I just got a letter from you that you sent the sixth. …
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September 4, 1945
to Marian
France
— War ended Sept 4, '45 France Dear Marian 1 I got a letter from you Sunday that you sent …
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