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Danny's letter is written on stationary with the header: "I've been so busy getting ready to whip the Japs, I haven't kept up my letter writing. He is so impressed by the photos she has sent. He says she is a Queen and he has showed them to everyone…

Danny opens the letter as he customarily does, "My darling wife", even though they are not yet married. He suggests a GI wedding like the one he saw the day before and encourages Leona that if she comes to visit him that they will get married on site…

Leona addresses Danny for the first time as "My Darling (Husband)" . She jokes that she will give him "a good spanking for a welcome instead of a big kiss". She and Danny's mom question the silence between letters and thanks him for a poem he wrote…

Leona has not received any mail from Danny for three days, but she read his letter at his mom's house She talks about the weather at home and asks about his weather. She updates on Gracie and Jeanette whose husband was put in the 7th Service and will…

Leona's cousin Roger Di Paolo has been so busy that he is writing the letter on his lap in an open field. He is sharing a tent with Leona's brother. They were relocated since someone got the measles.
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