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My Dearests," I'm watching the lights [illegible] up your way and all the soldiers are singing ""Home sweet home"" and so you can imagine how I'm feeling.
I'd give any thing to get back to you just for an hour." Have a beautiful cabin and this boat has every luxury, lovely lounges and sitting rooms. And the deck room is filled with troops so there's [illegible] much walking space.
The boys are such dears. Southerners most of them and home sick already.
You have given me such wonderful leave I can't tell you what it meant to get back to you and having a mother and father to think about I look forward to getting back to is perfectly heavenly my two Darlings [illegible]
This will be a wonderful experience. I'll write you all about it. the fun life on a troops the drills and sentries are lovely to watch.
I love you both to death and thanks more than I can say for all you've done for me. I was an expensive luxury too. I realize that Bella is in her bag having gained the [illegible] (g pronounced hard as in [illegible].
So long and its maddening to be so near you yet cut off as as clearly as if the ocean separated us.
