Letters written by Beth Puckett to her husband Lewis Puckett who was serving in the US Navy in the Pacific Theatre. The letters include several expressions of affection and longing. Topics include a family vacation at a cabin in Boone, updates on friends and family, the August heat, news from an alumni newsletter, a visit to a disappointing circus, the atomic bomb, encountering acquaintances returned from war zones, birthdays, inquiries about Lewis' daily life in the Navy, going to the movies, and false news of a Japanese surrender.