Flea Market Love Letters

Hello Dearest, Oh, what a day! It’s awful hot and sunny and they say this is nothing compared to what it will be in a few months from...

(it’s 1 now – I’ll see if I get a stamp from the Porter and get this letter off for morning mail) Bye Baby XXX Hello Dearest Darling,...

Hello Precious Darling, Oh, what a day! Rain, rain, rain and what I mean rain! And I’ll bet you a kiss you can’t guess what I was doing...

Hello sweet, Gee I wish that I could only get a letter from you. I don’t think I’ll hear from you much before Tuesday. You can’t imagine...

Hello Sugar Plum, I am mad at you today! No letter! Gee Darling, I wish you were here! Do you know what’s going to happen tonight? Well,...

Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida Dear Sweetheart, Good morning my little “bright eyes”. I  bet you are just starting to work about...

Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida April , 3, 1942 Hi darling, Don’t say it, I know that man is here again. If the writing seems...

2100 Still at Quantico Hello “Bouncy”, See you can’t get rid of me. Aren’t you glad? We waited and waited at the station but about 0010...

Dear Jack, How was the train trip Sunday, or did they have to carry you back to old Virginny? I’ll bet you couldn’t wait to get back to...

“Deep in the heart of Carolina” R.R. 2/23/42 Dear “Betty”, Say you are some letter essayist. I received your one of the nineteenth and...

Rifle Range P.I.S.C. 2/22/42 Hello Betty darling, Gee I wonder if you had such a perfectly beautiful day as we had down here today. It...

Dear sweet, I’m so tired tonight honey that I’m telling you the truth when I say it is impossible to have this be a long letter. What...

Dear Sweetheart, Good morning good looking, how are you this nice warm bright sunny day? It is as beautiful as it can be here, sitting on...

Time for all marines to be out with their girls if we could. 9:P.M. Dear, dark, beautiful and shapely, (Fowler Touch) Well answering your...

Dear Sweetheart, Hello again, “bright eyes”. Your in for a long descriptive letter, so sit tight. To begin with I was very disappointed...

Dear Sweetheart, Hey kiddo I’ve sent a little something to you today. I sneaked a run over to the post exchange today to get it. I hope...

Pvt. John H. Clarke Platoon #132, Recruit Depot Marine Barracks Parris Island, S.C. 1-29-42 Dear Sweetheart, Betty I’m going to try to...

U.S.M.C. Office Springfield, Mass. 1-26-42 Dear Sweetheart, Well to begin with I miss you greatly already but hearing your sweet voice...

Hi Hon – Well Gee! Zyg is biting nails his girlfriend didn’t show up yet and he’s pacing the floor — Oh, oh, there’s the telephone! Let’s...

Hello Miss Betty, You know down here you will be called, “Miss Betty”, that is, by the most polite persons. Better get used to it now!...