treasures ~ boxes of letters from my father to my mother while he was serving in the US Navy

A roll of a month's worth of letters July 1944

"Dear Ches," "Dear Ruth," "My Darling,"  "Dear Darling,"  "Dear Honey."  each held a secret meaning - a secret code - for my mother to give her information about his location.  Unfortunately, my mother never shared with us the meaning of those salutations.