Bill and Dorothy's Love Letters

1304 th AAF. B. U. APO 492 c/o Postmaster New York August 8, 1944 Dear Dorothy, (or “ Cookie ”) That sure is quite the name for you. I like it. Your letter of July 17 came yesterday after being waylaid everyplace imaginable. There were only 13 letters along with it. It took me one solid hour to read them all. The most I got from one person was five and from everyone else I got only one it was really quite good to get a few letters for once. Please forget about A. P. O. 13135 now because it has nothing to do with me anymore. It’s APO 492 now that you’ll have to use. I understand you are or were enjoying your dramatics class quite a lot. It’s too bad that your teacher has to be so old. I don’t see anything in this new name of yours ( Bernhardt). There must be a catch somewhere that my English sense of humor doesn’t allow to register. Tut-tut. I’m very much afraid that you have over judged yourself or it is me you. You say that you know me and that I’m...

APO space 13135 c/o   postmaster New York,   N.Y. July 19, 1944 Dear Dorothy, Your letter written on 29 June came yesterday. When I think where I was on that day it makes me break out in prickly heat. I spent a day and night in the hottest place in the world, no, it wasn’t hell but it is said the people who go to hell from there take blankets along. Of course I wouldn’t lay any money on a statement like that. It is said that 120° is considered a cool day. This is a place over in Iran I sure wanted to run from there. Ha ha. Just think it is a month today that I left from New York. Actually it seems like a few days. Finally my orders have come that will send me mighty close to where Bells and Brushes are. To tell you the truth I have missed one plane already. That was because I couldn’t be found when the order came out. Don’t tell a soul but at that time I was visiting one of the friends (Indians) that I have made. That is really where I have been spe...