 Daddy and Mama. Aren't they beautiful.
|  Daddy, papa, pops, dad. We all had our special name for him. Daddy was born May 16, 1914 and died December 4, 1989. He was just the lovliest and gentliest of people. He and mama had seven children, Jacqueline, Andrea, Stephens, Madeline, Sharon, Rebecca, and David.
|  Mama, WCF, was born May 15, 1918 and died December 10, 2003. She was beautiful all her life.
|  The Cast
Jacqueline and Daddy Fred, mama's daddy.
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 The Cast.
Mom and dad in later years.
|  Mom's letters, in envelopes, to daddy. This is but a few, and these, at least, are dated.
|  Dad's letters to mama . . in envelopes. As w/moms, these are dated. I may, at some point, try to merge them.
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Movies with Smitty, Verne, Joe
|  B 1 of 4
We think somewhere 1943 or later because Jacqueline was born.Went to movie and saw King Kong. I'm sure it must have been the one with Faye Wray, 1933.
|  B 2 of 4
Maggie?? Is she the friend mama met years later in Glen Rose?
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 B 3 of 4
Why do we need friends?
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In all my spare time I think about having you to love. I try to think of new ways to tell you, so all I can do is tell you the same thing over and over and over.
|  C 1 of 3
Sweetheart, I don't want to spend my furlough visiting relatives either ..
|  C 2 of 3
I wish our letters traveled faster so we get make plans.Nothing is right this way with us being apart all the time. The European situation looks good now. Here's hoping the Japs won't hold out too long.
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 C 3 of 3
"unless VE day is declared before tomorrow night" . . We are to be restricted 72 hours following the announcement..they say to keep the soldiers out of trouble. Nobody feels like celebrating with the ...
|  D 1 of 5
Sometime after 11/7/1942. Talking on the phone hard for daddy.
|  D 2 of 5
Supposed to get our ratings some of these days.
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 D 4 of 5
You write what I want to hear. The proper place to wear a gown.
|  D 5 of 5
The worst part of the practical hours,when we put a couple hundred trainees through the paces of giving an enema .. waterless or very little .. to each other..one gets sort of tired of looking at asses for an hour ..
|  E 1 of 2
Left handbag on the bus coming from Joplin. Awfully glad I got it back because it had all my valuables ...
Out to Major Fergusons for dinner.
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 F 1 of 2
Joe, Smitty and Verne want to go to USO show tonight.Guess I'll go. Still not completely over my session of the dumps, and it may help.
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Just a note to disregard what I wrote last night about being shipped. Things have changed.
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 H 2 of 4
Train fare and meals from Paris, Texas to New Orleans, $50. Hotel four days $25, four days meals with champagne breakfast$20, night life w/fares $25. (06/07/06)
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J mentioned this page. I remember Concan. Nearly drowned there.
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...I love you and will never be completely happy until 'till we can be together again for good . . and always ...
|  I 1 of 2
Andrea - J sick. Germans have given up, not Japanese.
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|  J 1 of 6
Daddy doesn't want to spend furlough in Abilene...
|  J 2 of 6
Andrea - Papa at Ft.Smith near Paris, Tex
|  J 3 of 6
There is the probability that this may be my last furlough before going overseas.
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I wish the darn Japs would realize the futility of this war and give up ...
Listening to Sim's (Cottonseed Clark) radio program. I can't tell whether it is good or not as I can listen to it from an unprejudiced standpoint. Their "Riders of the Purple Sage" song sounds pretty good.
Sounds like Sims condition might be pretty good ...
|  J 5 of 6
Ratings..I'm beginning to doubt we will ever get them. It may be good for the economy, but it's hard on the fellows who need and deserve it. It would help the moral of the soldiers.
Joplin and Neosho trips can be expensive.
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Look at the drawings.
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As to mother's desires, she would want us to spend all our time there and I don't intend to do that.
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