Letters Home WWII (17) August 11 1945

Dad doesn't say much of anything in this letter.  He's using the V-mail, short for Victory Mail, is a hybrid mail process used during the Second World War in America as the primary and secure method to correspond with soldiers stationed abroad. To reduce the logistics of transferring an original letter across the military postal system, a V-mail letter would be censored, copied to film, and printed back to paper upon arrival at its destination. 
It doesn't give him a lot of space to write a longer letter.

Letters Home WWII (16) August 7 1945 Finally Married.

A miracle happened on the honeymoon.  Mum must have felt loved and very safe for her memory to return.

Letters Home WWII (15) May 29 1945

The approaching nuptials, only 4 days away.  Dad paints a wonderful picture. 

Letters Home WWII (14) May 20 1945 On a Brighter Note!

Dad is writing from somewhere in the islands north of Australia.

Letters Home WWII (13) April 16 1945

Dad is telling his parents about Mum's breakdown and subsequent loss of memory.  Mum truly fell in love with Dad twice and they married 6 weeks later even though only some of her memory had returned.  I am struck by Dad's calm demeanor but then he was always very calm on the surface.  What he doesn't say in the letter was the lack of support Mum was getting from her parents.  Her father wrote to Dad alright but suggested he forget all about Mum as they were thinking of putting her into an asylum.  Today they would probably diagnose her complete memory loss as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD.  The reasons for her breakdown are in her book "Pavlovas to Popcorn".  It's available from http://www.frostmedia.com.au/ruthfrost/ and on Kindle as well http://www.amazon.com/Pavlovas-to-Popcorn-ebook/dp/B005E4WDBQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329959664&sr=8-1 (I just had to get a plug in for Mum's book, her Australian War Bride adventure.)

Letters Home WWIi (12) April 4 1945

He's been away for 4 years.

Letters Home WWII (11) Feb 28 1945

Dad is beginning to prepare for Mum's travel to the US in this letter.  Things didn't go to plan as the rest of the letters will show.