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It's a quiet Sundat afternoon and they (she and baby) are well. She was on furlough in July. She was grateful and surprised when an older couple gave her a ride to 11:30 am mass. She had a nice visit with Rosina and Dom. Rosina's step-sister Mary got…

Leona recaps her day and some conversations at work. She also brings up an argument that she and Danny had in the past, saying that she hopes they never have another conversation like that (he said she was money hungry) again. She asks him how he…

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.…

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.

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…

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…

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 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.

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…

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…