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Private J. D. Caves: The Long Journey Home

02 July 1945 London, England

02 July 1945 London, England

My Own Darling Jean,

Had no mail from you the last few days but at any rate I guess I don't deserve any after leaving such a gap in your mail on first arriving in England. However, I've explained that I was very unsettled at first and also Dear I had had no mail for such a long time at the finish in Germany that it was a little difficult. Another thing my dear I did not want to let you think that it would matter too much to me if after it was all over you really felt there was someone else. I did not want you to feel absolutely tied to me for after all you were young when we were engaged and I did not flatter myself that it would be impossible for you to meet someone you could like better. I realised that it would be very hard for a girl to give a chap up in the face of public opinion. I've always loved you and always will.

Darling, just think in six weeks we will, God willing, be together again. My boat for home is sailing on the 10th July just 8 days from now. Oh darling girl of mine, I'll be down the hold trying to help the stokers shovel coal to speed the old boat up. It still seems unbelievable that I'm really going to be on the way so soon. Once we're on the boat with every turn of the propeller taking me closer to you, it will be much more real. It won't be many weeks before we'll have a fulltime job taking care of each other for always.