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- Tags: Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 4, 1942
Fort Devens, Massachusetts
May 4th 1942
Darling Yve;
How do you feel now that I not[sic] around any more. [A]re you staying home every night or going out[?]. Excuse the writing because I am laying down and writing on a book. This morning I was…
Tags: Love, Military life, Sand Storm
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 10, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 10, 1942
Darling Yve,
Here I am down south in the hills and don't like it because it is so hot. We left Devons at five o’clock [F]riday and arrived 10 o’clock [S]unday and what a trip. I was hoping I would be able to…
Tags: Fort Knox, Leave, Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 12, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 12, 1942
Darling Yve,
Here I am as tired as can be. I want you to write me at the address on this envelope, how is everything back home[?] I just came back from a 10 mile hike and don’t feel like going anywhere. I got a…
Tags: drill, Hiking, Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Darling Yve,
How are you[?] I haven’t heard from you for a long time. Why don't you write. I am fine I have a Tan from my forehead to my [illeligible deletion] shoulder’s [sic] and is it [sic] hot down here. You know I would…
Tags: Dissapointed, Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 16, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 16, 1942
Darling Yve,
I just got your letter and I feel much better. Well to start off with I [sic] tell you what I did to-day [sic]. We got up at 5:45 and ate chow then they told us we were going out on a drill field…
Tags: Doctor, Love, Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 18, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 18, 1942
Darling Yve,
I am glad to hear from you. I got three letters from you to-day [sic]. Well to begin with we changed clothes to-day [sic] and put on our sun tan out fits [sic] they are pretty nice. I was going to…
Tags: Girls, Love, Military life, Military training
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 20, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 20, 1942
Dear sweet,
I just got an other [sic] letter from you to-day [sic] so sorry you feel so blue. Why don’t you go out and have a good time the time will go by faster. Well darling I went out last night an[d] went to…
Tags: Film, homesick, Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
No date
Darling Yve,
I am getting quite a lot of mail I just got two more letters from you and one from my mother. Why don’t you go out and have a good time don’t do like me. I go to bed at 9 o’clock every night. There isn’t…
Tags: Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 23, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 23, 1942
Darling Yve,
It's ok to write or send any thing [sic] you want to because I am receiving your letters everyday now. Don’t be afraid that I won’t get what you send darling because I will. The army life is getting…
Tags: Army life, Bag pipes, Military life, Payroll
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 24, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 24, 1942
My Darling Yve,
I love you very much and I hope you feel the same. Your letters are coming to me faster than I though[t] they would. [S]ome days I’ve got two or three in fact I get them so fast I don’t know where…
Tags: Bad habits, Gambling, Love, Military life, smoking
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