Good luck on your letters! How about a inexpensive scanner and log them in chronologically? His letters - and her replies? Might be hard due to the long time delay of several weeks between mail calls. Or - Put his in chrono and hers in chron and on the pc you could have a split screen and scroll throght the letters for a reply?
My mom has many of her letters still (although I think she tossed a bunch). She said they had their own "code" as my Dad couldn't divulge any of his comings and goings. It would be something like "I understand your aunt is going to Chicago." (Chicago being some code word for somewhere that they had discussed before he shipped out!)
Have a scanner....Just hope they scan. They numbered them because of the inconsistancy of the mail.....
They also had a code....Think most couples did.
Dad said that his aunt had given them a subscription to National Geographic....He noticed an article on the area he was stationed and was able to tell mom. "check out Aunt Ruth's Christmas present you might see friends of mine in the 20s!"
She got the message and knew exactly where he was.
He took a slow boat back to the states. A local girls (who worked at the movie theatre) brother was in charge of communication on the boat....Let his sister know when they would be arriving. She told mom...So mom was up, the phone only rang once, she answered it at 3:12 AM.....
BTW I was born nine months after my mother met dad at the door......a very wanted child.
There ought to be a book on these "codes" - some were pretty ingenious. I read of one guy who was a Jap prisoner and got this past their censors. "I am OK and now weigh as much as Michael."
Michael was a younger brother who weighed 85 pounds.