Love Stories of World War II

Larry King

The Eighty-third Division in which Ned was serving in one of the most battle-tested in Europe. three days after the division relieved the 101st Airborne Division just south of Carentan in Normandy, Ned was ordered up to the front as a forward observer with the 331st Infantry Regiment. From there, on June 30, he wrote a letter that conveys vividly how much the letters he received from Nikki meant to him, as well as how much he was hoping that she would decide, before long, that he was the one for her: *My Dearest Nikki: I fell upon your letter today like a ton of bricks. The blue envelope has become well known and its arrival is heralded far and wide. The biggest events in my life right now are the comings of your thoughts. With all this other stuff going one. I can truthfully say your letters men more than all of it. Not just the fact of receiving word from you, but the idea of...

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