Month / January 2019

by schrackert

March 15, 1943 | Dear Joe

To My Wonderful Husband,

I received your letter of Wednesday and I sure love to hear. It isn’t how much I hear, it’s that you get a hello.

I’m sorry to hear you’re all in but it was worth it to come home to become one. Wasn’t it? I love you and when you’re not right I can’t be right either. So you must take care of yourself Mr. Ackert. I’m doing my best to take care of myself. Right now I have an awful cold but I’ll get over it. Somehow I just get one after another this year. No one here to take care of me. That’s why.

I’m sure happy that you’re taking your your work as it comes. It’s hard for both of us to be apart but perhaps it is best that way. We can probably both do better work apart. I can’t even make myself believe that. Maybe I’ll be able to take a trip out and see my husband this fall or sooner I hope. I sure can’t make a trip as broke as I am this week. But I get paid Friday and I get a 10 cent raise. Nice huh? That will be for the trip.

I just talked to Addie. I asked her to keep Saturday night open for me. The company is giving a big party at the Ryan, all we want to eat, drink and dancing from 9:00 until 2:00 in the morning. I have a date with mom and dad to see the ice show but the kid wants me to go. I’ll go with Hi and Alice so you don’t have to worry about me. If I go I’ll tell you all about it.

We got a letter from Bud today written March 2. Not bad service. He likes it wherever he’s at. The weather is nice. He says they keep them busy but he says he likes it. A lot of game but they can’t hunt. He doesn’t like that. Did I tell you Floyd was home last week? He thinks he’ll go across sometime soon. He is all set to go.

Darling thank you for always remembering the folks. They asked me to say hello to you also. We all think of you much. God bless you my husband. I know you’re working hard but take care of yourself. Please. I love you and want you back in shape someday when our job is done.

Love,

Your wife DeLores

Darling, how many pictures should I order?

Hi and Alice, Mother, Mother, Addie and Bud, Dar and Jerry, Clinton, Mrs. Lehner, You darling

Make a list and return it as soon as you can. I asked your mother if any of the relations should get pickets and she says no. Just a waste of money. What do you think? See you soon lover.

by schrackert

March 16, 1943 | Dear Joe

Dearest husband Joe,

How is my own husband this day? In good health and spirits I hope. I am doing OK for myself again. My cold is better and other than being tired I am fine.

I’ve eaten supper, take a nap and washed dishes. Mom and dad are both sleeping so you see how we feel around here. No ambition. Life is just routine without you. I want you much, but being apart really gives me something to work for. The better we work the more the boys gets to do with and the sooner everything will be happy again. That’s why you can work hard to make good. I am so proud of my husband. I wish I could be with him but it won’t be long before we will be together.

I didn’t get that letter you promised me today but I don’t mind. I know you haven’t done a washing for some time and that you were working a long day Wednesday, so even if one of those wasn’t the reason I still understand. I love you and I’ll make you and us happy. Our life will be happy together we can accomplish anything we want, can’t we?

Someday I’ll be everything just the way you want to me. I know this one thing, many things that I’m doing to have to change and you also perhaps but it will all come out in the wash. Anyway I’ve got to wash my hair this evening so please forgive me for cutting this short. God bless you happy. See you soon.

Your loving wife

Love,

DeLores

by schrackert

March 12, 1943 | Dear DeLores

Hello darling wife,

I’m awfully, awfully sorry that I didn’t get a letter off to you yesterday. I had to wash my whites, as the others haven’t come back from the laundry. I didn’t get off work until after nine so I was pretty all in. Please understand. I’ll try my very best to get a letter off to you every day.

I received your letter that you wrote when the folks were out. It certainly was swell to hear from my loving life. It was the first letter with the return address as my wife. It made me feel wonderful all over. I love you so very much. All your letters means so very much to me. I hope and pray every day that this war will end soon so we may be together again for always.

Dearest, don’t worry about me being too exhausted. I have recovered quite well from the trip and I am getting back into the swing of things. I hope that you haven’t been too exhausted. Imagine that you did feel the effects of a hard week after I left. Please take good care of yourself darling. I don’t want you to be ill or anything like it.

I didn’t believe that after you became my wife that I would feel so strongly the responsibility I undertook. But you’re my wife and I took an oath to take care of you. I do want to do a good job and make you feel very happy. I know you can understand my feelings. My darling wife is the first thing in my life. I love you very much and so I always try to make you happy and be a good husband. I know will be the best way out there I’m going to Spokane over the weekend but I still be thinking of my wife all the time.

Well! Dear, I have to close for this evening. Take good care of yourself and say hello to mother and dad and everyone back home for me, please. Bye, bye for now the rest life.

Loads of all the love in the world from your sailor husband,

Joe