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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, 1945

1945-06-17 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 1

817 - 19 St. S.E.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
June 17, 1945
Dearest,
When I got back from Des Moines last night your letter of May 26 was waiting for me. It must have come on Friday because it was inside on the dining room table and the cleaning woman worked Friday. To think I had to be in Des Moines when such a good letter came. But what could be nicer than having a letter so good waiting for me after I had to be away from our home for several days. 
I am so happy about that letter. Any letter from you is good. But when you know your letter is being censored (it wasn't opened at the base either) you don't write as personally. So this first un-censored letter seemed more like you telling me secrets. That is good. I can't operate on a monologue forever. When you are free to exchange conversation, even if only by mail, and you do write as in your last letter, it is the visible expression of the only big, real, or lasting things that count. It is not a case if ever any doubt, but still the repetition of our affection and feelings just "nourishes" them along.
I am almost stuck on myself and can hardly keep from saying "I told you so" to Earl. Of course I won't! But he made the wisest comments that you'd apply and be out pronto and you were, like all soldiers, soldiering and fighting for the purpose of coming home. So of course you'd do just that at the earliest

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817 - 19 St. S.E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa June 17, 1945 Dearest, When I got back from Des Moines last night your letter of May 26 was waiting for me. It must have come on Friday because it was inside on the dining room table and the cleaning woman worked Friday. To think I had to be in Des Moines when such a good letter came. But what could be nicer than having a letter so good waiting for me after I had to be away from our home for several days. I am so happy about that letter. Any letter from you is good. But when you know your letter is being censored (it wasn't opened at the base either) you don't write as personally. So this first un-censored letter seemed more like you telling me secrets. That is good. I can't operate on a monologue forever. When you are free to exchange conversation, even if only by mail, and you do write as in your last letter, it is the visible expression of the only big, real, or lasting things that count. It is not a case if ever any doubt, but still the repetition of our affection and feelings just "nourishes" them along. I am almost stuck on myself and can hardly keep from saying "I told you so" to Earl. Of course I won't! But he made the wisest comments that you'd apply and be out pronto and you were, like all soldiers, soldiering and fighting for the purpose of coming home. So of course you'd do just that at the earliest