January 31, 1944 *Partial*

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Page 3 of this letter seems to be missing.  I’ll post it when I find it.  -Ken

January 19, 1944

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Jan. 19, 1944
Darling,
Better I write this now because the blues are some 400 yds from us – were putting up a hell of a big fight but I think they’ll [punch threw ?] us sometime this morning. Honey I made a sketch of this defense setup – am sending it to you to save for me. I’d get murdered if I was captured with it. You probably don’t realize the information the enemy could gather from it – but they could wipe us out! As I figured this turned into a practice yesterday – we threw a counter attack in & was it corny – for about 9 hours we were just milling around with the blues – I Love You!
Received a letter today – hooray. I’m glad you told me what you’d done New Years Eve – cause I was wondering. Also glad you received the cash. I’d like to have sent more but figured on a furlough I wanted to keep a little back! Honey I had a funny feeling when I read what you did New Years Eve – now I don’t blame you for getting out – but it’s just natural I guess. It was just a feeling that I had whished
 1944-01-19_Page_2 I were with you – and then to me not being able to dance. I just feel a little awkward. I suppose you’ll get to do a lot of dancing there – well I sort of with you could hold off until I can get with you. See Honey, I’m talking in circles aren’t I? You understand what I mean though don’t you? I love you Honey! And you know when there’s a deep love there’s bound to be a hope that your Lover would wait till it is possible for them both to share enjoyment etc.
Peg Darling there are bound to be furloughs the 1st part of February. So you can plan on it - but not to hard – as we’ve learned before anything can happen! I love you My Darling!
Peggy Hon I hope that what I’ve stated above doesn’t sound to bad – as I don’t mean it that way. I’m just a guy who’s in Love with his Wife so much that it hurts! Peg Honey I Love You!
Well Darling this is tremendously short – will do better tomorrow. This is the 10th day of this problem – a miniature hell!
God Bless You! I Love You!
Love + Kisses
Johnnie

January 6, 1944

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I Love You!

Love Me?

Thursday

Jan 6 [1944] 11:30

My Darling Peggy:

Just received two letters from you Honey

and I’m so spirited that I’m shaking like a leaf.

Honey why didn’t you tell me you needed some

money? Enclosed is $15 to help keep along – for now

consider it a Birthday present – because we’ll

be out on maneuvers when your Birthday rolls

around & I may not be able to get around to

even sending a letter - - If you need more money

let me know I still have some 60 to draw on –

damn it – but I am stuck with 23 bucks loaned

out that right now looks as though it’s gone with

the wind – I Love You My Daring!

Honey I can’t understand why you haven’t

heard from me – because every possible chance

I’m getting I’ve been writing - - My day is really

dead if I don’t get a letter or write one – I Love You

So Much Darling!

Honey bunch what did you do New Year’s

Eve?? All you said was you missed me at

Midnight. Honey I like to know everything you do –

I Love You!! guess by now you know what

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I was doing – Honey it’s so discouraging to be

shuffled & kicked around as we are being – there was

no reason in the world why we couldn’t have at

least had a fire or even given the guy next to

you a greeting – but no – we were [tactied?] and

when you were ringing in the New Year I was

marching & cursing every one down from the President

on down – Honest Honey if a guy would have said

Happy New Year Jon he would have got a rifle

over the head – never in all my life did I see

morale as low as that night - - It was something

that would have been much more pleasant reading

about & not experiencing - - there’s something Honey

that’s impossible to put in words and can only

be expressed by expressions on the faces of the

men – I know myself I was sick at heart – but

still wouldn’t give away a damn inch to give

anyone some satisfaction - - - this was the only

consolations - - someday I’m going to ring in New Year’s,

celebrate Xmas with happiness – we’ll be together – this

can’t g on forever – then we’ll both enjoy these

Holidays not only for what they are – but because

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were together – because we have both learned by

experience what it is to be apart – what it is to

sit & wait for one thing and another - - Yes Darling

at times things seem futile – but there are going to

be gains made in every respect – we’ll be wiser - -

we are learning the hard way - - but I believe

it’s going to all prove worth waiting for & fighting

for! I Love You So Much My Darling!

My Honey I disagree with you on an issue –

but please don’t fear of an argument as it’s something

worth talking about – that was where you said you

were sorry you didn’t go to [Maim?] instead of Green Bay

long ago - - well it’s like this – even though your

living your life & feel now that your out to take

care of yourself despite hell & hot water – You’ve got

to think of it this way – Honey we were Married - -

and now matter how much you or I say we’ll live

& take care of ourselfs until after this war were

wrong – at least I know I am - - I try to live our

lives as much as possible – I know that if it wasn’t

for you & home I’d be a [Put?] - - but as it is I’m trying

to climb – trying to attain as high a goal possible

not for me – but for you – and Honey I’m not kidding

or Just blowing – I mean it – For myself the Army

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has withered all of my self respect - - but I have

an Idol – It’s you – and now matter what they Army

does it increases my respect toward you – It

increases my Love - - I just live for you - - and I

sometimes like to think of it the other way around –

that you feel the same way toward me – and that

brings me back to the beginning of this subject – but

Just a little differently then my point is expressed –

there was a time (and could be is) that I would have

rather had you in Green Bay or Home – there is a

reason!! But the reason would have to be put on

paper by a better writer than I am! So You see

Honey I don’t feel with you in saying You wasted

time in Green Bay! Money is something in life I

[gorant?] – but it isn’t that important – In fact that

5 letter word almost spoiled my family ties – I hate

it – but realize the value of it! There is 75000000

different interpretations on the subject – I have mine

You have yours – I’d like to get together but it’s

to late in the sense of seeing it my way - - It could

be part this way - - about two weeks or so ago I gave

up – made up my mind that your decision would

be the one we’d go by no matter what I thought because

what I thought wouldn’t make much difference – then

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after setting my mind on just doing that I received

the boomerang that it was my distrust in you

& so on that prompted me to asked you to remain

in G.B or H - it for sure doesn’t even enter into

the case. It’s my least worry – because I do trust

you implicitly! But as I say keep Loving Me &

keep writing & do what you wish - - because this

is the last of the subject that will ever come from

me - - I’ve spoke my piece to many times before – and

I’ve always been wrong – or at least been taken wrong

I love You Darling and Pray each night that your

new adventure will be successful!

Honey You asked if I ever thought of getting

a E.D.D. - - No Darling it never did enter my mind –

Honey a discharge now would be grand I admit – but

after the war it’ll make a hard row to hoe because

there’ll be jobs for only those boys given a discharge for

ending the war - - the man with the E.D.D will be

kicked around – and when a guy gets a E.D.D.he

absolves the government of all blame – so the gov’t

won’t have anything to do with him - - the only Discharge

I want is (hmmmm) wonder what I’m thinking of??? the

one that the wars over or a complete medical where

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[Uncle?] will pay off! Hone do you love me

even if I wouldn’t take an E.D.D??

Honey the tent’s in an uproar here. they

threw “e” Rations at us for dinner – and the groups

have two No. #10 cans & are cooking up a [Mulligin?]

stew with the following ingredients – 1 can Hash –

2 cans of beans – 2 cans of Stew – 2 packages of

Boullion – 2 cans tomatoes – 12 onions – enough

pepper to last a Human 70 years – Nutmeg –

Carrots – the water that’s being used is out of a

bag which had beer in last night - & boiled in

a tin can - - Want to come to chow – yum yum

It really smells good – I Love You! Guess

I’ll better tell you that all my records – tag-days

etc. have been changed so that you are to notified

in case of anything happening to me – your Home

address is sued – I thought I’d better tell you

before eating! I Love You!

Well bye for now Darling, Be good & take

good care of yourself! I Love You!

   
   

 

Transcribed by Cindy Koszarek

January 1, 1944

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I Love You!

Sunday

[Jan 1, 1944?]

Your Hubby

My Dearest Darling:

Just a line to let you know I’m

still kicking – am in Los Angeles – got the

chance to come in and took it up quick!

[Ciesleveny?] is in to – we got so darn

disgusted New Years Even that we planned

on getting out of there and we did! Honey

never in all my life did I see a group

of men get treated like a bunch of dogs as

we were New Years Even – Instead of getting

a chance to celebrate – we were made to

withdraw 8 miles – this when the rest of

the US were ringing in 1944 – we were

marching – that’s the 95th for You! Honey

I was thinking of you all night – and I

wish you were thinking of me! I Love You!

We were really getting along fine here –

didn’t have a hotel last night – so we spent

the night in an all-night show! There were

only 5 pictures – I saw part of one – and the

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rest were very hazy – They had an awful

concoction of pictures – Cowboy – Murder & even

“Jail Bait”. tsk tsk! This morning we went

to Mass at 7 – then after Church showered

for two-bits – then we wondered the streets

till we found this – I Love You!!

Honey I’m so darn glad that you had

a fine time at home – I like it when you

go. because that’s when I really found out

what’s going on there – Honey bun I won’t

bawl you out for not writing every day – as

I’m absolutely unable to – but I’ll try &

write as often as possible!

 

Darling I’ll close, I Wish Darling

that you have a Happy New Year – Mine will

be happy if you keep on Loving Me!! So

far as prosperity goes – I believe we’ll have a

raise soon – gee I’m letting out some

information – I Love You Darling

Love & Kisses

Johnnie

P.S. I may add I’m

sober as a Judge & intend to

stay this way – I Love You

   
   

Transcribed by Cindy Koszarek