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Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 28-30?, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
No date
Darling Yve
How is everything at home it shure [sic] is hot down here. When are you coming down to see me honey[?] I shure [sic] miss your pretty little smile and your little [illegible deletion] hands. I shure [sic] …
Tags: Alert, Military training, Popcorn, tommy gun
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 19, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 19, 1942
Hi Beautiful
What[‘]s cooking? I just got your date’s that you sent and they are very good but I still like the brownies the best. Well I just got back from Louisville and I had the best time I’ve had since I’ve…
Tags: aquaplane, Churchill downs, Ed Grube, Hike, Louisville, Military training
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 15, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 15, 1942
Darling Yve
I haven’t much time to write because the[y] just told us to get our packs rolled for a few days out in the country. I know we got to go 15 miles before noon but that ain’t so bad. How are you? [D]o you…
Tags: Hike, Military training, Peep
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 27, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 27, 1942
Darling Yve
I been so busy lately I haven’t had time to write and to-morrow [sic] I got to work K.P. I just had it [F]riday and it was awful hot. Well i just got your brownies to-day [sic] and they were swell. I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 23, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 23, 1942
My little Darling
I just got back from a road march of 12 miles with light packs an and it was hot. [T]hey marched us right along a river. [W]ell Sunday I spent in Louisville. Our first Sarg. got married and he…
Tags: Hike, Military training, Roller coaster
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 21, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 21, 1932
Darling Yve
I got your box of stuff. I don’t know how to spell what it is so I called it stuff. No hard feelings huh! I ate them all befroe I went to bed [S]aturday. Al Mortenson said they were the best he ever…
Tags: Military life, Military training, P.X., Sunburn
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, November 16, 1944
Nov. 16, 1944
8:30 PM
Hello darling,
Well do you want to hear some news that is news? Well here goes. [sic] You know Jim White and the redhead, well when Jim went home on furlough he got a divorce from his wife and married the redhead. As for…
Tags: Military training, movies
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