Well, sweetheart, don’t worry, please. It is possible I may be a member in the assault but no more __3__than that I may someday die. It is God’s will darling, to which we must all bow. In prep school we had a quarterback who always ___4___his pre-game prayers with the addition of the phrase, “Not my will God, but Thine” and so it is sweetheart and so it must always be — we must trust our God unflinchingly, unquestioningly.I love ’em all but Polly best of all —Frank(17 days to D-Day)May 20, 1944Darling,Dad sent a fellow today to ___5___up our yard and he really did a super job — it looks nice. All the spring flowers are beginning to bloom now and the sight of them just increases my ___6___for you. ... Sometimes I __7___with myself by counting up the months since I’ve seen you — and because they are too many — nearly eight now — I feel very, very sorry for myself. ... Really dear, I try not to feel sorry for me, you are the one who is ___8___all the hardship. I have Dee who in herself is enough to ___9___for anything. Without her, I don’t see how I would __10__this separation. Yet constantly, darling, all of me longs for you. It can’t be much longer now, sweetheart.I love you, PollyA)growth B)compensate C)worried D)invasion E)retireF) fix G)bloom H) possible I) endure J)sympathizeK) longing L)count M)ended N)exchange O)undergoing

May 9, 1944Dearest,The___1___, I read, is a topic of daily conjecture among the people at home and I guess you are a bit___2__. Well, sweetheart, don’t worry, please. It is possible I may be a member in the assault but no more __3__than that I may someday die. It is God’s will darling, to which we must all bow. In prep school we had a quarterback who always ___4___his pre-game prayers with the addition of the phrase, “Not my will God, but Thine” and so it is sweetheart and so it must always be — we must trust our God unflinchingly, unquestioningly.I love ’em all but Polly best of all —Frank(17 days to D-Day)May 20, 1944Darling,Dad sent a fellow today to ___5___up our yard and he really did a super job — it looks nice. All the spring flowers are beginning to bloom now and the sight of them just increases my ___6___for you. ... Sometimes I __7___with myself by counting up the months since I’ve seen you — and because they are too many — nearly eight now — I feel very, very sorry for myself. ... Really dear, I try not to feel sorry for me, you are the one who is ___8___all the hardship. I have Dee who in herself is enough to ___9___for anything. Without her, I don’t see how I would __10__this separation. Yet constantly, darling, all of me longs for you. It can’t be much longer now, sweetheart.I love you, PollyA)growth B)compensate C)worried D)invasion E)retireF) fix G)bloom H) possible I) endure J)sympathizeK) longing L)count M)ended N)exchange O)undergoing