Letter to Yvette from Howard, April 14, 1943.
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, April 14, 1943.
Subject
Furloughs, Homesickness
Description
Howard describes how badly he wants a furlough and how his friend, Mike moved down with him so he has company.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives.
Date
1943-04-14
Contributor
Will Kuball (digitization, transcription, metadata)
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Format
Correspondence
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1943-04-14
Coverage
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
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Correspondence
Text
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
April 14, 1943
Hello darling:
I love you so much and I wish I could see you. I didn’t write to you last night because I had to move all my stuff (such as clothes and bed) down to the motor pack up. You see, I’m back at my old job as clerk so I got to sleep in the little room that joins [with] the shop. My buddy George (Mike) DeBiasa moved down with me so I wouldn’t be lonely and I borrowed a radio from one of the fellows in the company so I could listen to some bed time [sic] music. Darling how is your grandmother to-day [sic]? I hope she[‘s] ok [sic]. Tell her I’ll be up to see her on my furlough when I get one. I[‘m] going and [sic] to-morrow [sic] to see if I can get a card to send
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her. Darling I feel like going A.W.O.L. [absent without leave] but you know I won’t though. Darling I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and even if you think your [sic] funny looking I don’t think so and as far as anything else goes I think your [sic] the best looking, best dressed and the nicest [illegible deletion] shape. Darling what do you want for Easter this year? If you tell me I [will] tell you what I want for Christmas, not that you’ll give it to me but I can wish for it anyway. Well darling I’ll start writing your letters steady after this week all except Wed. [Wednesday] + [symbol for “and”] Fridays. On those two days we sleep in the field so I can’t very well write. [Illegible deletion] Today it snow[ed] [and] tomorrow it will rain or something. Goodnight, darling. I love you as ever.
Howard.
[The following was included as a postscript.]
P.S. Will you marry me?
April 14, 1943
Hello darling:
I love you so much and I wish I could see you. I didn’t write to you last night because I had to move all my stuff (such as clothes and bed) down to the motor pack up. You see, I’m back at my old job as clerk so I got to sleep in the little room that joins [with] the shop. My buddy George (Mike) DeBiasa moved down with me so I wouldn’t be lonely and I borrowed a radio from one of the fellows in the company so I could listen to some bed time [sic] music. Darling how is your grandmother to-day [sic]? I hope she[‘s] ok [sic]. Tell her I’ll be up to see her on my furlough when I get one. I[‘m] going and [sic] to-morrow [sic] to see if I can get a card to send
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her. Darling I feel like going A.W.O.L. [absent without leave] but you know I won’t though. Darling I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and even if you think your [sic] funny looking I don’t think so and as far as anything else goes I think your [sic] the best looking, best dressed and the nicest [illegible deletion] shape. Darling what do you want for Easter this year? If you tell me I [will] tell you what I want for Christmas, not that you’ll give it to me but I can wish for it anyway. Well darling I’ll start writing your letters steady after this week all except Wed. [Wednesday] + [symbol for “and”] Fridays. On those two days we sleep in the field so I can’t very well write. [Illegible deletion] Today it snow[ed] [and] tomorrow it will rain or something. Goodnight, darling. I love you as ever.
Howard.
[The following was included as a postscript.]
P.S. Will you marry me?
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Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, April 14, 1943.,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 3, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1216.