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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, August-September 1944
1944-09-12 Page 1
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Willametta Turnepseed 202 Roseland East Springfield, Ohio Letter #479 Sept. 12, 1944 Dearest: Your letter which arrived this morning sounds as if you were suffering as much as I from lack of mail. I can endure our separation, knowing there's not much I can do about it, but the strain of no mail when just one line would lift the pressure on my heart is absolutely affecting my health - or at least my attitude toward life (it's losing its zip). If I knew you couldn't write I could stand it; just as, knowing you haven't time for long letters I don't expect them, but my mind refuses to understand why you couldn't dash off an all's-well daily, and so when the days go by silently I try to endure. Sometimes I'm numb and sometimes I'm violently rebellious - a very upsetting person for you to figure on living with. Knowing how much letters mean you'd think the authorities would be more careful. There's no excuse for making you wait five days or more! I have missed a day occasionally - especially these past three weeks, but not very often. But it makes me feel good to know how much my letters do mean, and I can't be too severe on the government when their delay evokes a letter like this one, for it isn't often you write a love letter. So I always rate 'em extra stars.
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Willametta Turnepseed 202 Roseland East Springfield, Ohio Letter #479 Sept. 12, 1944 Dearest: Your letter which arrived this morning sounds as if you were suffering as much as I from lack of mail. I can endure our separation, knowing there's not much I can do about it, but the strain of no mail when just one line would lift the pressure on my heart is absolutely affecting my health - or at least my attitude toward life (it's losing its zip). If I knew you couldn't write I could stand it; just as, knowing you haven't time for long letters I don't expect them, but my mind refuses to understand why you couldn't dash off an all's-well daily, and so when the days go by silently I try to endure. Sometimes I'm numb and sometimes I'm violently rebellious - a very upsetting person for you to figure on living with. Knowing how much letters mean you'd think the authorities would be more careful. There's no excuse for making you wait five days or more! I have missed a day occasionally - especially these past three weeks, but not very often. But it makes me feel good to know how much my letters do mean, and I can't be too severe on the government when their delay evokes a letter like this one, for it isn't often you write a love letter. So I always rate 'em extra stars.
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