Transcript June 14, 1954Dear Ila, I recived your letter Sunday and like everytime I here from you, it good. How is everything with my favorite girl these nice summer day’s. Right now I am they only one in the tent. One boy has too go to school at night and the rest when to the movies. So don’t feel to bad when you haft to stay at home by yourself at night. I know just how you feel, O’K? Well school is out for this year. I know just how you feel about too. That one...

Transcript June 16, 1954Dear Ila, How everything with my favorite girl these day’s fine I hope. From the sound of your letter you have been working hard. What do you want to do that for? I know what it is to plant a garden, my father and myself use to plant a big garden. I had to take care of it. Your girl friend should have recived her letter from one of my friend. You want to know more about myself, well all I can do is answer your questions. I have been on...

Transcript June 20, 1954 Sunday nightDear Ila, Well how everything with my favorite girl these day’s, fine I hope. You are not working to hard, I hope not because I don’t like to work very hard myself and don’t like see anyone else work hard. I hope you like that photo album I sent you. Let me know if it O’K. Remember I don’t want anything for it if you send anything I will send it right back! Has your girl friend recived a letter from the boy who is writing her. Let...

Transcript July 11,1954 Sunday nightDear Ila,Well I am home at last. I had 2 of your letter here and I am going to answer both of them now.I hope there wasn’t too much damage done by the fire and that no one was hurt.I glad you like that photo album because I didn’t know what to buy and was looking around and saw them so I got it. That the first time I pick out anything for a girl. If I every went to a party or something my mother or sister would have to...

Transcript July 16, 1954Dear Ila, Well how everything with my best girl these day’s, fine I hope. As for myself I am fine. Are you going to any baseball games these day’s. This is the right weather for it. Well I got my self a new car on the 14 of July (54 Ford) In 2 day’s I put over 300 miles on it. You can see I like to travel. I will get some picture taken and send you a few. Has Jack got home yet? When you see him tell him hello for me. O’K? Your not...

Transcript July 25, 1954Dear Ila, How everything with my best girl these day’s fine I hope. It good to here that you are haveing a good time on your vacation too. Has your girl friend been getting any mail from Art. (not me). How does she like him. I should have told you his name. I don’t mind a girl if she has freckels or not. There not anything they can do for them. I’m going to try and get another leave around Oct. or Nov. when I do I will try and make...

Transcript Sat. Aug., 14, 1954Dear Ila, Sorry that I haven’t writen before this but you know how it is when you are traveling around. I left home for Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on the night of the 7. (sat) We got there Sunday the 8. On the 9 of Aug., we left there for Fort Leonard Wood, MO. You can see I when a long way in a little while. Yes, the summer when fast this year I hope it go fast next year too. I suppose your getting ready for school to start now day’s. But it...

Transcript Aug. 22, 1954 Sunday night.Dear Ila, How everything with my best girl these day’s fine I hope, as for myself I’m O’K. Just about all this month I have been on the road. I don’t write very much well I’m traveling. I start writing more now. We are suppose to go to Camp Carson, Colorado, soon. We are suppose to leave the 1st of Sept., but they don’t know for sure. As soon as I fine out when we move I will write and let you know. By the way I had some picture...

Transcript Sept 12, 1954 SundayDear Ila, Well how everything with my best girl these day’s. How everything in school? Well we are now in Camp Hale Colorado, it about 130 miles from camp Carson. We hit Carson Fryday night and Saturday we started for Hale. They say we will go back to Carson sometime in November when and if we do I will let you know. When you see Jack, tell him I had it better in Korea then I have it here in Camp Hale. How the weather back there...

Transcript Sept. 15, 1954Dear Ila, Well how everything with the school girl these day’s fine I hope. Your not working to hard in school these day’s. Myself I can’t see working to hard well I’m in the army. How does your niese, Sherry, like school or does she go this year. Tell her hello for me. O’K? Well honey they just gave me a new addrest, I will put it at the end of the letter. I will be glad to get out of the army. All this week I just sat down going nothing. By...

Transcript Sept. 18, 1954Dear Ila, How everything with the school girl these day’s fine I hope. As for myself fine except for a cold. I want to thank you for the picture you sent. You do take a good picture a lot better than I do. That last picture I sent wasn’t good but as soon as I get some I send them to you. Has you girl friend heard from that friend of mine yet? I don’t know what to tell you about him. I wouldn’t listen to what anybody said about getting...

Transcript Sept. 24, 1954Dear Ila, Well how everything with the school girl these day’s, fine I hope as for myself The last few day’s I was sick but O’K now. No, school won’t be to hard for the last year. How do you like it? We are putting up a line down here in Camp Hale, and they are getting us up at 4 o’clock everyday and stay up in the mountain till about 4:30 in the after-noon. So I’m a little tired at night. That everyday. How long have we been writing...

Transcript Sept. 26, 1954Dear Ila, Well how everything with my best girl these day’s. Fine I hope. How are you doing in school, is the teacher still giveing you a hard time?Well I might get a 3 day pass this week but I won’t be able to get home do I might go to Denver for a few day’s. They have the team I’m in cutting tree down to make pole for this line we are putting up. I just hope we go back to Ft. Carson, like we are suppose too. I haven’t did...

Transcript Sept 28, 1954Dear Ila, I recived you letter least night and it good to hear from. How the weather up there in Michigan now day’s. Today I was working in ice cold snow up in the mountains. It wasn’t very much. Tonight gave us all of our winter cloth thing. So school is getting ruff. It isn’t that bad now is it? Just think when you get out of school how ruff thing can be. From what I heard about my home town football team they not going to do any good. They...

Transcript Oct. 5, 1954Dear Ila, How everything with my best girl these day’s fine I hope. Are you still given the teacher in school a hard time. No, you haven’t told me about anybody from you there, any boy except that you wanted somebody to write your girl friend and you didn’t say to much about her. But that up to you if you want to talk about them. I have been doing about the same thing. We are still working on this line up in the mountain. Still get up at 4...

Transcript Oct. 10, 1954Dear Ila, How everything with my best girl these day’s as for myself just tired from getting up at 4 everyday except Sunday. I have C.Q. , again tonight. How everything in school these day’s. Is the teacher giveing you a hard time yet? There not much happening around here. We had some snow here, and it look like it might rain or snow again tonight. How the weather up there in Michigan, these day’s? Well I still have 323 day’s left in the...

Transcript Oct. 11, 1954Dear Ila Jean, How everything with my best girl these day’s. I didn’t forget your middle name this is an answer to the lettler you wrote on the 7 of Oct. It was good to hear from you too. You want 9 kid’s when you get married and you say 5 give you hard times. I don’ know what too tell you about that. If I every get married it well be 3 or 4 that enough I think. In the lettler I wrote yesterday I said it looked like snow or rain well we had 1...

Transcript Oct. 13, 1954Dear Ila, Well how everything with my best girl these day’s. Still working hard in school? Well I’m getting another 3 day pass but I won’t go any place because thing are too high and beside I need some sleep anyway . I going to write my brother in California, sometime and find out if there any work out that way if not there I well write my sister in Cleveland and find out what up there. I think I well go to work as soon as I get out. Well...

Transcript Oct. 18, 1954Dear Ila, Well how everything with my best school girl these day’s? I know you just love school, by the way you talk about it. Most of the time when I got out to work I take off and go up in the lid. I’m just killing time now that I’m going down-hill grade in the army. Jack, said he was going to get married after his girl finish school. Tell him hello when you see him for me. He did a lot of take about farmering well he was in Korea. I...

Transcript Oct. 21, 1954Dear Ila, Well how everything with my best girl these day’s, still working hard in school? No, it won’t be long before you be a year older. You ask how old I am well I well be 21 in January, so I am a little older then you. There not anything to write about at this place, I try to think of something to write about. I have somebody to write to your girl friend but I lost her addrest, he been after me to get her addrest for him. I told him I...

Transcript Oct. 25, 1954Dear Ila, I recived your letter this afternoon and it was good to hear from you. I was looking at map of Michigan and I could fine Chesaning, on it. That must be a small place. It isn’t very cold but there snow. It snowing out right now and it been snowing just about all day. Did they win or lose the homecoming game? What Michigan going to do when they meet Ohio State in football. I think Michigan, going to lose. I was just kidding you...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU

Wishing a Birthday That’s fun all day through For someone real nice, And that someone is you!

Happy Birthday Ila Bill

Transcript Oct 29 1954Hi doll, Sorry this birthday card is late I kipt thinking of gitting one but I just didnt git around to it. I know its late but I hope you had a nice birthday. I went out hunting tonight I shot three times and got nothing. I don’t think I could hit my finger if I had it over the barrel. You know how I got that rabbit sunday he stopped then I shot it. If he wouldent of ide of never have got him I bet. I think next time ill take a stick with me I think ide do...

Transcript Nov 1, 1954Dear Ila, Recived your lettler tonight about 2 hour ago and it was good to hear from you too. How is everything with my best girl anyway. I well send you something as soon as I can make it too town too look around. Well it won’t be long before this year will be done for. This time next year I don’t know what I well be doing or were I going to be. I know for sure I won’t be in the army. What do you think you well be doing? I was a little...