My dearest Alma,

You would not believe the unending forest here, just endless miles of untouched canopy. I’ll have earned enough by next fall to set us up for a life of leisure. Nothing but the finest silks and furs for my queen. We have lost a few crews recently to calamities unfounded by the training manuals. We think it lighting strikes or rabid weasels stricken with forest madness or some such. Fear for me not as I’m always with my trusty Winchester my love.

Thinking of you always,

Alfred Krugsly Wayne

Mining & Deforestation Team 13, Gascon International Corporation, Morris Valley Depression, August 1947. #HeDied #tragic #love #loveletters #tragiclove