Here is an exerpt from my favorite one, from George "Dad" Rarey, which is the letter he wrote back to his wife upon learning she had given birth to their son:
....I think that I’ve had just about the easiest time of it that any father has had ; I was just getting down to the really serious part of the floor pacing ; When whamie! I find that Old Junie has done the whole thing without the unnecessary moaning and hollering from the Old Man ; And they say the Woman is the weaker of the sexes ; Fooie ; You’re terrific! Golly I’m anxious to know all the details ; I figure Damon was born on the 19th ; I wonder what he weighs and all about him. Tell him that he has the proudest, happiest and luckiest Pop in the whole world. Junie if this letter makes no sense forget it- I’m sort of delirious- Today everything is special ; This iron hut looks like a castle ; The low hanging overcast outside is the most beautiful hue of blue I’ve ever seen ; I’m a father ; I have a son! My darling wife has had a fine boy and I’m a king....This pilot was a terrific artist, and he would sketch out the events he described in his letters home--here. Toward the end of the slideshow you'll see that he commemorated his friends who died in war with custom nose art, trying to incorporate their characteristics into the drawings, often with their nickname. He died in combat over France.
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