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LT 1944-08-17.pdf
Danny thanks his wife for the salami that she sent. He made the colonel a sandwich. He is happy to have become an uncle, since Bambina had a baby boy. However, he is blue that he may not be present when his own child is born, although he really does…

LT 1944-08-04.pdf
Danny writes about how busy he is kept at the training camp in his new role as mess sargent. He is striving to be promoted to battalion mess sargent. He credits Leona with providing him with ambition. He jokes about his wife gaining weight with the…

LT 1944-08-09.pdf
Leona thanks her husband for having send her a recent photo and she wishes that he will remain in this training camp, because she hates the alternative thought of him going "over there". She tells him how people at work are sharing their pregnancy…

LT 1944-12-07.pdf
Leona sends Danny negatives of pictures of their son so he can see how big he is at 6 weeks of age. She says that as the baby lies in her big bed she imagines it is Danny in a smaller size. Along with recounting the baby's daily eating and sleeping…

LT 07-16-19944.pdf
Danny is deeply in love with Leona. He wanted to send money to Leona by checks. Danny is amazed by the fact that Leona is pregnant and she is carrying their baby.

Just got back from work, before hitting the hay. "I woke up and I found myself crying": Long bad dream about him, they were quarrelling and he despised her as much as he says he loves her. Lonely. "I thought of Texas a but last night, I was very…

Danny enclosed an article on marriage by André Maurois (author of Art of Living). Danny underlined "if he does not find admiration at home, he will hunt for it elsewhere." My dear wife, hello Darling, hope you're well, don't worry about my ear. The…

Leona bumps into Gino Santaricca. Leona received a letter from Johnnie who is in England. She asks him if it's true that English girls like black soldiers, because everybody says that and everybody think it's disgusting. Then, Leona, talks about…

Leona recognizes that Danny has been a soldier for a year and she hopes he will soon be in civilian clothing. She is outgrowing her regular clothes, eating ice cream 4 days in a row.

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LT 06-04-1944.pdf
Danny feels happier after having read Leona's letter. He mentioned Al Moss, a close friend, who joined the army a month before. Danny wants to go back home soon. He planned to be back home on the 16th of June. Danny sends lovely words for his wife.…
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