Phil wrote his last letter home before the D-day apparently from the ship on which he was sailing.[1]

Lt. P. B. Larimore[1]

Hq Co 3^rd BN. 30^th Inf A.P.O. #3

c/o Postmaster NY NY

Dearest Mom:

Just a note. Don’t have much time as you can see from my stationary but did want to get this going.

There isn’t much going on that I can talk about but all in all the whole situation is beginning to look better. But when you stop and think about it we aren’t [?] war and they took [?] to go than we think over here. And I know the people at home think the war will be over sooner than we do over here. In fact I’ll bet most of the people at home think the war will end in a matter of a few weeks. But I hope they aren’t [?]

It seems that Monk [Phil’s nickname for his fiancée, Marilyn, was from Des Moines and the French word “moines” means “monks”. Perhaps there was a connection?] has been sharing more stuff at home that we might about [?] the only one she doesn’t matter.

I don’t think Jane or [?] have gotten a letter from her all summer and it’s been quite some time since she last wrote me. But then I haven’t gotten any mail in the last couple of weeks so maybe when my mail does finally come through there will be without a doubt a letter or so from her.

Do you think I might have changed toward her. No, Mom, I fell toward Marilyn and I fell hard. I don’t think, ever if I lost her that I could ever forget completely about her or [?] all my love for her.

But I have enough sense to know that if I was to lose her I would spend the rest of my life at home crying over her. But it would hurt quite a bit.

But I don’t think I have lost her yet. That if I could only be home with her for a few hours then I would know for sure.

Write soon,

Love Phil

[1] Handwritten V-Mail – Original Copy – Very hard to read. Post marked “U.S. Postal Service. No. 3. 26 Aug 1944.”

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