Transcript June 11, 1954Dear Ila,Well how everything with my best girl these day’s, fine I hope, as for myself I am still living.Well school should be out you now. I bet your mad. Just think no more homework at night. Your going to have a lot of time to yourself now.Well I don’t know when I will leave Korea, anytime I suppose. I just waiting for orders to come down for me to leave this place. It will be good to leave this place too!No, I...

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 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 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...

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 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 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 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...

Transcript Nov 17, 1954Dear Ila, I wasn’t doing anything tonight so I though I would drop you a few lines. How are you doing in school these day’s? Are you giveing the teacher a hard time? Well last night and this morning we had about 3 inch of snow. I forgot to answer one of your question in the last lettler. You ask if I’m democrat or republican. Well I’m republican. Has your girl friend herd from that boy yet? If she had, how does she like him. ...

Transcript Nov 24, 1954Dear Ila, I recived your lettler tonight as always it good to here from you. Well what have you been doing with yourself working hard? As for my-self I never work hard if I can get out of it. Chicago, a nice place to see I was there for about 48 hours I didn’t see to much but what I did see was nice. I well be glad when spring get here too. I well be close to get out of the army I well be one happy boy. Then I well haft to go to work...

Transcript Nov. 23, 1954Dear Ila, How everything with you in school these day’s, still giveing them a hard time in school. I bet you are. You were lucky not putting a big dent in your dad car. That one reason I don’t like to drive anyone car but my own. That boy that I gave Edna addrest to, said he was writen to her. So you can see I don’t know what to tell you about it. I don’t know what to tell you about Jim, why don’t you give him a hint? As for myself I’m...

Transcript April 15, 1954Dear Ila, I received your letter and was glad to hear from you. As for my self I am fine and hope this letter finds you the same. I will have over a year to do in the army in and would like to keep on writing you as long as I am in the army if you would like me to. I want to try and go to jump school when I get back to the states if I can. I will try and tell you about myself now. I was 20 years old in Jan. I come from a small town along the Ohio...

Transcript April 19, 1954Dear Ila, First of all I will say I am sorry for not answer your letter yesterday 18 of May. It just like a girl to go shopping and stay all day and then go back to the first store and get what she want. I suppose you haft to look around and get the best for your money these day’s. You won’t get this letter by the 21st of May, but I still hope you have a good time at the formal. I still haven’t a picture of any kind to send you but when...

Transcript April 20, 1954Dear Ila, How are you these day’s as for myself I am doing fine. I didn’t have anything today so I though I would write a 2 or 3 letter’s. How the weather back there in Mich., these day’s. It nice out today. I just hope it stay this way for about 52 more day’s. Jack will like to see me leave this place because about 20 day’s after I leave he will leave this place. I hope to do home for the forth of July this year. You said you like to...

Transcript May 1, 1954Dear Ila, I started to writ this letter the other day but I had a little fire in the power-shed. There was no harm done. I hope you can make out this hand writing of mine. I will try an watch my spelling and English. Those are to subject I neve could do any good in. How the weather back there, it rained just about all day. Have you done any swimming yet this year. I can’t wait till I get back to go swimming. That’s one sport I love to do. ...

Transcript May 15, 1954Dear Ila, How everything with my best girl these day’s as for myself I am fine so far. The weather here isn’t too bad, I have seen better day’s over here. How the weather back there? Well I got about 17 more day’s left over here in Korea. In a few more day I will quick work in this place. (But I never work hard in this place.) I here that you want another picture of me. I will send you another one when I get one. If you every want...