The World War II letters are almost entirely to and from Ellen E. Forbes, who he married in 1940, after he enlisted in the military. Correspondence covers from his training in 1942 to his honorable discharge in 1945. Forbes usually discusses his time in the army and responds to Ellen's comments about her current activities in Georgia. Notably, the two often manipulate words subtracting letters or adding extra ones, making their correspondence difficult to understand at times.