Sunday morning 1:15 AM February 14, 1943
Hi Honey :
I just arrived home from work and just opened my present, or whether our presents. I don’t know just what to say or how to say it but Honey, the card to Mrs. L. F. Hare was on the box with the slip and panties, and the card to me was on the cologne, and from what you said in your letter about the present and all the fun you had buying it, we think the slip and panties are for me,. Right or wrong? If they are for me Darling, they are too big, size 36, it should be size 34. But jeepers, I never had a gift like that before, (if they are for me) and I just love the set, it so cute, especially picked out by you, in fact is just what I would’ve picked out. Jeepers, my fiancé buying me lingerie (if it’s for me). But Honey, if it is for me, could I send them back and have you get a size 34. If they are for Momie, could I send it back and have you get a size 38. If the cologne is for me, I love Pink Clover. You sure know how to choose nice things. Anyhow, no matter which is which, thank you Honey from the bottom of my heart. You are so sweet. I love you so much and the card was beautiful.
I’m going to send this Special so you can let me know. I also think I will close now as I have to get up at 5:30 AM and be at work by 8:00 AM, sooo Honey thanks a million. I only wish I could thank you by phone, but can’t quite put it this week, besides, I wouldn’t be able to get to sleep if I knew you were going to call back any minute and I simply have to get some sleep tonight. If it was last night, I would have placed the call without hesitating a minute, so I guess we will have to straighten it out by mail, sorry!
Well good night Sweetheart,. I love you and thank you again. If you like what I bought you just have as much, I’ll be happy.
All my love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s
Always “Your” Darlin’ Janie
1:45 AM Sunday, February 14, 1943
Hello My Little Darlin’:
Well, here it is another day or rather another week closer to August and you.
I just finished opening the package you sent me. Darling, it is absolutely the nicest and the swellest thing that you could have sent me. I haven’t tried it on yet but I’m sure it will fit. I know one thing for sure, I don’t think it’s going to be too small. Thanks a lot.
I have a date to play golf in the morning with Syd and Jack, so I had better make this kind of short.
I had a very busy night. I made another little bonus. Our ship is going down the way pretty soon. It sure looks well. There is a lot of aluminum on the deck houses and they look awfully pretty. The name of the ship is the U.S.S. Miller.
Well Darlin’, I hate to be the one to break this up, but I think I had better get some sleep. The radio is playing “A Love of Ours” (June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iViNFasaDM). Boy, that is some song. Have you heard Harry James recording of “I’ve heard that song before” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX5S9iXmMek)?
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
P.S. Thanks again for the lovely sweater.
Good night Sweetheart.
Good morning Darlin’:
The day is beautiful, the sun is warm, it is 9:30 AM and I have to eat breakfast and then Jack is coming over at 10:00 to play golf. I sure wish you were here to go with me instead.
I found a letter upstairs from you. It was under a magazine. That is how I missed it when I got home last night. I can’t imagine why the mail hasn’t been coming to you. The only days that I have missed werer last Saturday and one night this week when I was really sick. I am fine now and don’t want you to worry so much.
NO! I am not mad at you. If I ever get mad at you for anything I won’t stop writing to show it, but I will write you a letter telling you so.
I had better close now sweets. I love you and miss you very much and have also been writing very very often.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
Well my Sweet, I am finally back. We didn’t get to start playing until 2:30. The time is now 7:00 PM. Syd didn’t go with us as he had a date last night and didn’t get in until late. He is coming over pretty soon and we are going to a show I think.
My game wasn’t so good today. I sure wish you were here to have gone with me. I miss you terribly much. The night is very beautiful out. The stars are very bright, and the moon is out and there you are, 2100 miles away still. I love you very much and am just praying for the day when we can be married. As soon as I find out about my deferment, I will let you know. I am going downtown and will take this letter with me.
Your Special hasn’t come yet.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
8:15 PM Sunday night Feb. 14, 1943
Hi Honey:
Jeepers, Sunday night and I’m home, it seems so funny. I got up at 5:45 AM this morning and went to work, got home about 4:45 PM, eight, went out and looked at my present, came down and laid down on the Davenport at 5:30 PM and just now woke up. I sure died. I don’t even remember of dreaming anything, which is very unusual.
Your Special came, that’s what woke me up. Jeepers, what a swell letter, it was really just about perfect, don’t worry about not being able to write a Special for your little girl because that sure was a nice letter.
I just love the way you call me little darlin’ and your little girl. It’s so sweet.
I have a terrible cold night. I knew I had one coming on because I’ve been sneezing all day, but I didn’t think it would be so bad. I can hardly breathe.
It was 10 below here last night but very clear, the stars and moon was very group. I saw the Big Dipper last night too but couldn’t see our soldier. I’ll look tonight before I go to bed and see.
On the way home from work this afternoon, Don and Tommy were out of cigarettes, so they stopped at the “Triangle Tap” to get some. They both ordered a drink and then called me in and, ahem, as I was cold I went. I just got my little self set down when the nickelodeon started playing Harry James’ arrangement of “You Made Me Love You”( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMaCoxOGXPM), And golly, every time I hear that song, I could simply melt. I never liked a song or had one means so much to me before.
Well sweets, I better close now as it is 8:30 PM and 9:00 PM is my bedtime tonight. I love you so very much.
Thanks for every thing.
Love and xxxxxxxxxx’s “Your” Darlin’ Janie
12:30 AM Monday, February 15, 1943
Hello Darlin’:
Well here it is another day closer to August you. I just got back from downtown. We drove Syd’s car. We went to a show and then had dinner. I had another square meal. I wish you were out here with me so you could fix my meals for me. Darling, let’s get married in August. Should we? I sure wish we could.
Your Special hasn’t come yet. This makes two Sunday’s this month without one. I’m not going to give you the devil because I know it isn’t your fault. I would like to have them on Sunday though.
There isn’t any news, so I don’t know what to write about. I still love you and still miss you more and more every day. At times I think I’ll go mad. If only I could hold you in my arms again and be able to look at you and kiss you and love you.
I’m getting kind of offsides, so I guess I had better close and finish in the morning. Then I hope I can answer your Special.
All the love I have I give to you.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
Goodnight Sweetheart.
Good morning Darling:
The sun is out as usual, and we have another beautiful day. The weather is so nice I don’t see how it can last.
I think I will get dressed and go up and see if any Special has come yet. If it has come, I can answer your questions in it in this letter. Will you excuse me for a little while?
Well I’m back. When I got upstairs, your Special hadn’t come yet so I ate breakfast. Then your Special came. It was nice but a little short. I didn’t go out to Treasure Island yesterday, it is next Sunday that I’m going. You see Dick has to work every other Sunday. Yesterday was his day to work so I wouldn’t be able to see him if I did go out. My bank account is coming along better than it did before. I have $229 in the bank now. I have bought my clubs and paid my dentist bill and Opal’s. I’m not saving as much as I could you were here. My income tax is going to be pretty high. The only money I have spent outside of the club’s has been for expenses. Bed and room, laundry, welding gloves, envelopes, milk, and groceries that I keep here at the house, so I’ll have something to eat when I get home all at night, my dinners that I have the buyout etc. etc. That isn’t bad though, I’ve saved $229 since I got back from Christmas. Considering my clubs and dentist bill, still pretty good I think do you?
Well sweets I had better close for now and get some of my clothes ready to take to the laundry. I do some of my own washing. My shorts, sport shirts and undershirts, socks and handkerchiefs but my dress shirts and work clothes especially I send to the laundry. Last night was the first time since I got back that I have worn a tie. I also wore your my sweater you sent me. It sure was a swell one.
I love you very much Darling and am just living for you.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
1:30 AM Tuesday, February 16, 1943
Hello Darlin’:
I just received another Special. That’s just goes to show you how the mail runs. Saturday your Special left Des Moines at 12:00 PM and got here in San Francisco 1:30 AM Monday. Your second Special left Des Moines at 5:00 PM Sunday and got here 3:00 PM Monday. Yes Darling, the panties and slip are for you. I told the lady that waited on me how tall you were and how much you weighed. She got them out and I told her they look too large. She said they were adjustable or something like that. In the back of the panties there is a band of some kind and all you have to do to shorten it. If you want me to I will be glad to change them for you though. I’m glad you like them. I wish I could have gotten your mother something more.
Well here it is another day closer to August you. Darling, my sweet, my adorable, little girl, I hit on a brainstorm this afternoon. See how you like this idea. We may have our hours changed from 8 hours to 10 hours a day, six days a week. My check should run around $100 a week. If they start these hours and if I get a deferment, why don’t you come out and will get married now. I’m ready, willing, and able. I would sure need someone to look after me then.
There isn’t any other news, so I don’t know just what else to write about. I love you and miss you something terrific and wish you were here now.
I guess I had better close and get this in the mail early as I possibly can. I will send it Special.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
Hi Harlan – Toots
Tuesday night February 16, 1943
Hi Honey:
Well here I am again. Jeepers, how are you? Darling I didn’t write last night because I was so tired I went right to bed after I ate and didn’t know a thing until 6:00 this morning. There was no letter from you today. So as there is no questions to answer and I am very tired again tonight I’m going to cut this short.
I talked to your Mom last night and she said everyone says Opal’s baby looks just like you. Jeepers, it must be a awfully good-looking baby? Huh? You bet!
We have been working awfully hard today or rather the last four days as we are short on girls as Lenora broke her arm and Eva has the flu, which leaves only Marion and myself and makes it awfully hard. That’s why I’m so tired, however being on the day shift helps a lot.
Well Sweets, being no questions answer and no news all I can say is that I love you so much Honey and I’m not going to say any more about your deferment until I’m not so tired and lonely for you and anyway I guess the only thing he can do is to wait and see, only three more weeks.
I love you.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s “Your” Darlin’ Janie
Maybe you can get into the Navy. Chuck went out to Camp Dodge Monday and was kept there Monday night, all night because of high blood pressure. He called today and is back home. Now he is in the Navy has until next Monday to fix up his personal affairs so now there are two Hares in the Navy. I saw Lucie, Elmer’s wife, downtown the other day and Elmer is that sea. She doesn’t know where. I gave her your address and she is going to send it to him. She doesn’t know, however when he will be back, maybe tomorrow maybe six months from tomorrow. Anyhow she said he had a friend who was more than hard of hearing in one ear and they accepted him into the Navy. So Honey, maybe you could make it now.
12 PM Wednesday February 17, 1943
Hello Darlin’:
Well here it is another day closer to August and you.
I’m sorry about not writing last night but I was terribly tired. Last night I worked on some small brackets over the forward deck housing, picking up chipped out places and it just wears a person out. There was an awful nice letter here for me when I got home. You had better take care of that cold. The stars have been out every night for a long time. Our soldier is right across from the Big Dipper.
Yes, Harry James arrangement of “You Made Me Love You” is the song.
I have been cleaning up my room this morning. I vacuumed the floor and rug and made my bed. I’m going to make an awful good wife to have around.
There isn’t any news is I don’t know what else to write about.
I wish you were here. It just about drives me crazy, being alone so much not going out. I may go out and play golf early tomorrow morning. I haven’t been down to the ‘Y’ for some time. I will have to go down there too one of these days. I haven’t heard from Dick yet, so I don’t know what to do about this Sunday.
Will you excuse me for a minute? I’ll see if the mail has come yet. Oh! Oh! Oh! No letter today. Darn that mail.
Well my sweet, I guess I had better close, get something to eat and then get to work. I love you very much and miss you so much it hurts.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
9:45 PM Wednesday February 17, 1943
Hi Honey:
My golly, do I ever rate. When I came home from work there were two letters from you and I just got those read when your second Special came. Thanks a lot for sending it special. I’m sure glad you like your sweater. I also wish I could see you in it maybe you could have someone take your picture of you in it. Please? Pretty please, try, for me, try. I sure would like it. Oh you will? Thanks a million!
I will send my present back Saturday morning because it’s the only time I can get it to the post office.
Jeepers Honey, I’m awfully sorry about your Sunday Special not getting there until Monday. I guess I will just have to get it in Friday night instead of Saturday morning.
I just had my bath and I’m all ready for bed, boy I’m tired. Tomorrow we got a new girl in our department, so it will be a little easier. My resistance is been low I guess because I have caught at terrible cold for some reason or another and feel rather rotten, see what I mean.
As I said before Harlan I’m not going to say any more about our plans for the future until I or we or you, hear or find out about your deferment. It’s impossible to hope or even plan for anything until that is taken care of,
Gosh Harlan, working 10 hours a day is no fun. I’m afraid it would be too much for you, you’re working so hard now. Yes, I think you’re doing fine on your bank account. I’m very proud of you, but I’m afraid you will be awfully discouraged when it comes time to pay your income tax. Please don’t let it get you down, and Harlan don’t you think you should pay it all at once so instead of in payments. Of course, maybe I shouldn’t say anything but if you pay it all at once then you can start out with a clean start.
You didn’t tell me what your golf score was.
Well sweets, I’m so sleepy I can hardly hold my eyes open. I wish you were here, and we could cuddle up on the Davenport with the radio on low and I could go to sleep in your arms. I love you so much and miss you just as much as you miss me. Good night Honey.
Love & xxxxxxxxxx’s “Your” Darlin’ Janie
I love you, I miss you, you sweet, kind, wonderful brute.
10 AM February 18, 1943 Thursday
Hello Darlin’:
Well here it is another day closer to August and you. I didn’t write last night because I didn’t have any paper to write on. I had to go down to the drugstore this morning and get some. It was a little cloudy when I got so I didn’t go out and play golf. Now the sun is out, and the air is nice and warm. I sure hope it lasts through Sunday so Dick and I can have one nice day together. I made out again last night. I ran about 119 1/2 feet. I should have had more than that, but I didn’t even think I would make out, so I didn’t move very fast. Then after lunch I found out how much footage I had so I really started pouring rod.
There isn’t any news, so I don’t know what else to write about. I have almost one page and I still haven’t said anything yet.
Just a minute Darling, I think the mail just came.
Well I’m back. I received two letters. One from Sis and one from the California License Bureau. This is two days in a row that no letter has come from you.
The radio was playing “Time On My Hands”(1943 artist unknown but here is a 1940 version by Billie Holiday ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC9-g7tiTdE), how true. I sure wish we could be together again to fill in that extra time. I think tomorrow I will start working on Herman a little bit he. He is pretty dirty. The top needs another coat of paint. It has been almost 4 weeks since I drove him. The battery is dead in it, so I have to start it with a push. After I get it cleaned up a little bit I will take a picture of it and send it to you.
The first of next week is when the company is sending to my draft board for my second deferment. As soon as I find out anything, I will let you know.
The radio is playing “Moonlight Mood” (Glen Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61JnrSzccxc). I’m always in the mood, moon or not. Now they are playing “Ev’ry Night About This Time” (Anne Shelton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlDuXN71Ox8&list=PLcSPlNbGmj0QQXzr9wNQbiWJxqiTce2Ur&index=258, also 1942 Ink Spots, a favorite group of theirs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-MtKNq5NV8). These songs are going to drive me out of my mind if something isn’t done pretty soon.
Well, my darling little girl, I guess I better close as I’m running short of words and you know me, I just can’t make up nice things to say. I love you very much.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
Thursday 5:15 PM February 18, 1943
Hi Honey:
Oh golly, it’s a beautiful day here, blue skies everywhere, sun shining, just as bright and warm as you can be. If you were here we could put the top down on Herman and go driving (if we had enough gas).But it sure is swell, we had all the windows down on the way home from work, so you can tell – well it’s 60 above. I’m rattling on but it’s so swell out, I just love it. I think I’ll walk up to Boyce’s tonight and have a Coke with the girls.. O.K? O.K!
How are you? I didn’t receive a letter today, but I should worry after yesterday, I really did all right with the three letters in all. Jeepers, I want so much to see summer, because when the tree’s bud out and the grass gets green, I’ll know it won’t be long before I see My Honey. Yet, I kind of hate to see it too because of the long evenings and the nice weather without you. I miss you so much Harlan. I hope with all of my heart that this will be the last year of all years because I want I would hate to have Timmie or our little girl go through all of this. Waiting, hoping, praying, wondering, about the future.
The radio is on “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” (Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra, Kenny Sargent Vocal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNxc8DVFpI4). How true.
No, I haven’t heard that piece, but I will look on every nickelodeon player I see to try to find it. O.K? O.K!
Well Sweets, I better close now as I have no news and no questions, so I guess what I have written covers it. I love you so much and miss you the same.
Love & xxxxxxxxxx’s “Your” Darlin’ Janie
PS Don’t work too hard Honey. I want you in good condition when I do see you. O.K? O.K! Today was payday for me because tomorrow is my day off, so it’s another $10 in the bank.
1:30 AM Friday, February 19, 1943
Hello Darlin’:
Well here it is, another day closer to August in you. There isn’t any news, so I don’t know what to write about. I have no letters from you, so no questions to answer. Maybe I will get one tomorrow.
I’m very tired so I think I will make this kind of short. That is if you don’t mind too much.
I haven’t heard from Dick as yet about coming out Treasure Island. He will probably call in the morning or Saturday morning. I hope.
My second ship is going down about 7 March. That is on Sunday and it is the Sunday that Dick is off. If they launch it that day, maybe I can get him in to see it. It’ll sure it sure is a beauty. The name of it is the U.S.S. Miller. I think I will try to get some sleep now Darling, and finish this in the morning.
I love you and miss you very much and I would give almost anything just to hold you in my arms again.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
Good morning Sweetheart:
Well how’s my little girl this morning? The sun is out of the weather’s nice and warm. Harry James is now playing “I Had The Craziest Dream Last Night” (“I Had the Craziest Dream” is a popular song which was published in 1942. The music was written by Harry Warren, the lyrics by Mack Gordon. The song was introduced by Harry James and his orchestra, with vocals by Helen Forrest, in the film Springtime in the Rockies (1942). James and Forrest recorded the song for Columbia Records on July 23, 1942[ and their recording topped the Billboard charts 22-week stay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKjpoMqJrPw, Later recorded by Dale Evans on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKjpoMqJrPw). I sure would like to go to a dance. Do you remember New Year’s Eve? What a band! ,
They’re still isn’t any news, so again I’m at a loss as to what to write about.
I have to go downtown and have my welding jacket sewed up on the left sleeve. I guess it got kind of hot and the thread burned off.
Would you mind very much if I would continue this after work tonight? Then I could make you your Special. Okay? Okay! You wouldn’t get this before Monday if I sent it Air Mail anyway.
I sure love you a lot.
You know Darling, I’ve been doing an awful lot of thinking lately about you and I and everything in general. I haven’t come to any one conclusion, but I think you are right about waiting to be married. It will probably be best to wait until the war is over. Everything is so unsettled. I can’t blame you for not wanting to be married if your husband would have to leave you to go to war. Sometimes I think I would just as soon be over there, pot shooting at some dirty jabs as here in San Francisco all by myself. I signed up for a bond a week starting March 1. If I don’t get another deferment I won’t mind. I don’t know about the Navy though, I would kind of like to go into the Army as a Para Trooper, if I could make it.
I better close for now and get downtown. I will finish tonight.
All the love I have I give to you.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
4:45 PM Friday after – February 19, 1943
Hi Honey: You sweet wonderful you.
Well, how are you today? I hope you are happy, well and have been having a nice time. I’m sending this tonight so you should get this by Sunday. O.K? O.K! Today was my day off. Last night Barbie, Trinkie and myself went up to Boyce’s for a coke. Then Barbie and I walked down to Harding Road and back home about 11:00, then not being sleepy, I read a couple of stories, put my hair up and went to bed. The moon and the stars were beautiful last night, at 10:00 I was walking down Forest Avenue and I looked up and there was the moon as big and proud as ever. I looked around for our Soldier, but because of street lights, I couldn’t find it. I didn’t get up until Mary Jane woke me about 12:00 noon. Chuck and her were staying here until Monday when Chuck leaves, then Mary will be here for about a week longer. I’m going to see Bob Hope in “They Got Me Covered” tonight but I won’t be out too late because tomorrow back to work.
I’m sorry about getting your Sunday deal all wrong. I thought it was last Sunday you were going to the island, but instead it’s this Sunday. I’ll be working Darling, but I’ll be thinking about you every minute and hoping you will be having a grand time. Eat all you can hold Harlan, and take it all in then when you come home Sunday night, set your little self down and write me all about what you did, where you went, how you liked it and how Dick is, and will just everything. Please now, don’t forget it. I want to know every thing and I am not being nosy either, do you think?
Your letter today was kind of low, but it was nice. I love you Harlan. Every thing I’m doing is for you and the future, see so just take it easy Dear. Summer is coming and with it, is me. O.K? O.K!
The weather here is still perfect, the sun is very bright and it’s very warm. I sure wish – – ooops, I won’t say it.
Well My Honey, I guess this is about all there is, no news or excitement and every one is just fine. I love you so much and miss you too and would like very much set a date for our dream, but until the 8th of March, that’s out, because it’s bad luck to set a date and then have to change it and once we make up our minds we don’t want to change it. Right? Right!
Last night up at Boyce’s, Harry James “You Made Me Love You” was on the nickel player. I spent $.25 on that darn piece. It isn’t the piece so much, but the memories brought out by the piece.
Oh Harlan, I do love you. I love you. I love you. I love you, with all of my heart and soul. I love every thing about you, even your stubbornness, even when you get mad and won’t give in. And when I get out there, we will go places, and have all of the fun we have missed out on for the last seven months. We will park, and park we will park, and park, and then park some more, and you can show me all of the grand and beautiful things of Frisco, all day, and all night. I’ll just have eyes for you. I’ll feel your lips on mine, your arms around me and hear you say you love me. That Harlan, is what I’m living, hoping, saving, and praying for, the moment I’m with you, because you are the man I love. Better close now.
Always “Your” Darlin’ Janie
1:30 AM Saturday, February 20
Hello Little Darlin’:
Well here it is another day closer to August and you. There were two swell letters here when I got home tonight. I’ll answer the questions first of all and then make love to you the rest of the way.
If Opal’s baby looks like me, all I have to say is “That poor kid”. In your letter you sound as though you want me to go into the Navy rather than stay here. Which would you rather have me do? Personally, it doesn’t make much difference to me. If you want me to try to get and I won’t even ask for another deferment.
I will try very hard to have my picture taken in my new sweater just for you. You are sure going to like me when I tell you something. I haven’t had my hair cut since I got back, outside of a neck trim every 3 weeks. Nothing off the top or sides. It is getting real nice and long. Pretty soon I’ll have a Hollywood. I haven’t had my bath yet. I think start working 10 hours in about two weeks. If we do, my hours will be from 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM. Aren’t those some hours? It is the same as the graveyard shift. I’ve been thinking about my income tax. I want to have at least $100 in the bank after it is paid, just in case something should happen, and I should have to go home or get sick or something. I would hate to have something happen and find myself almost broke. I’m pretty sure I’ll have enough to pay it although. I didn’t intend to tell you what my golf score was but if you view we want to know it was 102 and I wish you were here, or I was there so we could cuddle up on the Davenport and listen to the radio. But, I don’t think you would go to sleep in my arms very soon. If you were here, it would be kind of tough though. I haven’t a davenport. All I have is one rocking chair, one straight chair and bed. A small one at that. We couldn’t both fit on one chair so we would have to use the bed, I think we should be married. So to simplify matters, why don’t we get married, then it wouldn’t make any difference what we used.
We could take a walk around the corner and one block to the top of the hill and then we could see the channel and the Golden Gate Bridge. We could see the submarine traps and the patrol boats. The moon and the Big Dipper would be over us. Our ‘Soldier of the skies’ would be up there too! You could hold onto my arm or I would have my arm around you.
Oh what fun we could have if you were only out here.
Well Sweets, I guess I had better close before I start begging you to come out.
I love you and miss you very very much. Life will never be complete without you.
Love & xxxxxxxxxxxxxx’s Harlan
Saturday 5:15 PM February 20, 1943
Hello my wonderful Honey:
Well here I am again my Honey. I got home from work about a half an hour ago, read your letter, ate a little something and am now writing to you. How are you? I hope this finds you both well and happy and as handsome as ever.
Your letter was swell but the bond Harlan, you didn’t say anything about it in your letter, so I put it in with mine and together we have $125 in bonds, pretty nice, huh! That is their full value. I also have $100 postal bond and a $50 in the bank. You have $220 in the bank so altogether we have $500 already, now doesn’t that make you feel better? Jeepers Honey, in six months, think what it will be. Now see Honey, it will take long, and we will be so happy, not only being together but knowing we have something solid to fall back on in case anything should ever happen. I love you Harlan and I want to sacrifice and save everything that will bring us together. See? I thought you would.
I’m going to try to get downtown and buy myself a billfold with coin purse like yours this week. I need one so bad and it’s just the thing for at the plant. I wish you were still with Story and Kenworthy so’s you could go one for me wholesale. Only kidding Honey.
Gosh, there isn’t any news and I’m running out of words, suppose I better close. I love you Honey and miss you more every day. I’m may not seem possible, but it still is. I miss you, I love you, I love you, I miss you. Oh well, you get the meaning. Don’t you? Sure. Well goodbye for now. Daddy is going down town and I want to mail this tonight.
Love & xxxxxxxxxx’s “Your” Darlin’ Janie
“your little girl” Janie
Johnny & Jane 