Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 10, 1943.
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 10, 1943.
Subject
Longing, Duty
Description
Howard describes how he wishes he was home for Yve's recital but is very busy, especially with the new recruits.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977.
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor).
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives.
Date
1943-06-10.
Contributor
Will Kuball (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Correspondence
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1943-06-10
Coverage
Camp Campbell, Kentucky.
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Correspondence
Text
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 10, 1943
Hello darling:
I just got your letter today and what make[s] you think I’m dutch? I’ve always have [sic] been an American. You know I would like to be home in time for your recital but I think it will be impossible although no one ever knows. You know what darling? The weather’s so hot down here. I am writing this letter with nothing on except a pair of shorts and shoes and still I’m warm. Boy how I’d love to go swimming or do most anything as long as it is with you. It seem[s] that I had a good time no matter where I went or what I did when I went out with you. Dancing with you was just like dancing with an angle [sic] and going to the show was swell
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to[o]. Darling when I get out of this army I’m going to learn how to dance and we’ll go every night or once in a while [sic] any-way. Darling the way you write you think that I don’t love you but I do. With this new bunch of recruits it’s been hard trying to find time to write but I’ll make it some way. How is your grandmother and all your family? Are they all ok [sic]? You haven’t mentioned anything about them for a long time. How about having a date with you sometime in July or August to go swimming and then dancing? (Answer please.) Well I got to go now and don’t every change darling because I love you just as you’re. Good night, darling.
Howard.
[The following was written as a postscript.]
P.S. Can’t write much because everything is [illegible deletion] restricted. (I love you isn’t.)
June 10, 1943
Hello darling:
I just got your letter today and what make[s] you think I’m dutch? I’ve always have [sic] been an American. You know I would like to be home in time for your recital but I think it will be impossible although no one ever knows. You know what darling? The weather’s so hot down here. I am writing this letter with nothing on except a pair of shorts and shoes and still I’m warm. Boy how I’d love to go swimming or do most anything as long as it is with you. It seem[s] that I had a good time no matter where I went or what I did when I went out with you. Dancing with you was just like dancing with an angle [sic] and going to the show was swell
[Page 2]
to[o]. Darling when I get out of this army I’m going to learn how to dance and we’ll go every night or once in a while [sic] any-way. Darling the way you write you think that I don’t love you but I do. With this new bunch of recruits it’s been hard trying to find time to write but I’ll make it some way. How is your grandmother and all your family? Are they all ok [sic]? You haven’t mentioned anything about them for a long time. How about having a date with you sometime in July or August to go swimming and then dancing? (Answer please.) Well I got to go now and don’t every change darling because I love you just as you’re. Good night, darling.
Howard.
[The following was written as a postscript.]
P.S. Can’t write much because everything is [illegible deletion] restricted. (I love you isn’t.)
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Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977., “Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 10, 1943.,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed April 28, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1241.