Saturday March 11, 1944

Dearest Kitten:

I love you with all my heart and soul and my ability as a composer is inadequate to tell you of my love for you. It is impossible to put into words just how much I do love and miss you.

In all my dreams you are the central figure. All my thoughts and dreams are centered around you. All my efforts and ambition is due to your love for me and my love for you.

Your husband is very tired. Things have been really piling up on me. We have a new Executive Officer and is he a slave driver. Since he has taken over I have not had a minute's peace. If he keeps it up, I will be a nervous wreck.

When we get started and are on our way, I will be one of the happiest men in the world. These last minute preparations, changes, and conflicting orders are driving me slap happy.

It will not be very long now before we will get started. I have a good idea about the approximate date that we will be shipped. Of course I can not tell you, but I will tell you to expect it any time now.

We have a lot of work that has to be done between now and the time for us to leave. Forgive me if my letters are few and far between. There has not been a day this week that I have gotten to bed before 11:00 P.M. and up at 6:00 A.M. It is a tough grind.

The approval slip of my allotment finally came through and you should have received a check for the past four months.

It is now 10:00 P.M. and there is so much that I have to take care of that I have practically given up for tonight anyhow.

I am glad to see that Bobby is getting out and playing with the children, by this summer he will be able to go out and play in the park, then your troubles will begin. I can just see him running home to Mama because somebody played a little too rough with him. You will have your troubles trying to keep him clean.

You sure make me homesick, describing all those luscious goodies. It makes my mouth water just to think of it.

How I wish I were able to wash your back for you. There will come a day when I will be able to take care of that little detail for you. Soon I hope.

It is a funny thing about going out or staying in. Once a person starts to stay in, they seem to lose the desire to go out, and once they start to go out, they want to be on the go all the time.

It is very satisfying to know that my wife considers me a perfect husband. It means that she is so much in love with me that she overlooks all of my little and big faults.

Whoever it is that married the wrong man has nobody to blame but herself. She should never have gotten married if she did not truly love the man that she married. It is rather late now to call the whole thing off. If she gets herself into a mess over it, it will be no more than what she deserved. I can see and understand how such a mess could happen, but the least she can do is stick to her first decision. If she tries to change things, she may find out that the man she thinks she loves has only been playing her for a sucker. If she was not sure of him before she got married, how can she be sure of him now. He could be just out for a good time, seeing as the girl is already married he perhaps thinks that he is safe from marriage and can have all the fun of marriage without the expense and confinement.

So Roland and Marion are battling. The only ones that I pity are the babies. It is no surprise to me that it has come to harsh words. If Roland does not watch out he will find himself bounced out of his own house.

Ahhh! So it happened. No twins huh? In a way I am both glad & sorry. What have you reached your second childhood? Diapers at your age.

You hit the nail right on the head when you say that you bet that I would like to give it up and be a private with no worries. I hope that you are right about my keeping my chin up - the only thing that I hope is that I do not stick it out. If I should stick it out, somebody is sure to take a swipe at it.

Your cookies got here in pretty good shape. They were still fresh but slightly broken up. The box was intact but the cookies were broken from bouncing around.

You are not selfish to desire to have what rightfully belongs to you. Stop worrying so much about me and concentrate on your own problems. It should not be years from now before this mess is over. It should and probably will be over in a matter of months.

Thanks for sending the pictures. It brings back happy memories to look at Bobbie's pictures. We have been and found happiness in each other which is in itself a great success for both of us. Most people go through life and never find it. They do not miss it because they do not know what it is like.

Taps just blew and I must get some sleep.

Regards to everyone and kiss the babies for me.

I love you Beautiful and carry in my heart memories of the most perfect wife in the world. How can I help but love you when you are the girl that I used to daydream about?

Your Loving, Devoted, & Faithful Husband

Bob