Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 11, 1943.

Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 11, 1943.

recreation, policy

Howard describes how he went camping with a friend and also appeared as a witness in a court case of a solder going AWOL.

Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977.

Harvey, Gretchen (donor).

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives.

1943-07-11

Will Kuball (digitization, metadata, transcription)

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Correspondences

English

Text

1943-07-11

Camp Campbell, Kentucky

Correspondence


Camp Campbell, Kentucky
Sunday
July 11, 1943
Hell darling:
How’s my little wife to-day [sic]? Do you still love me a little? I lmpw I’ve been a bad boy for not writing last night when I came in off the reange but there was a reason. It was late and one the boys that hada car asked me if I wanted to go to Dunbar Cave with him so I went. I had never been there and I did want to see it. It would of [sic] been perfect if you had been along though. At the entrance of the cave there’s a big dance floor and it[‘s] so cold there that you would think it was winter again. They had a nice band there

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which played all those nice numbers like, Star Dust [sic] and oh well you know what I mean. The only part I didn’t like was that I was there without you and that[‘s] just about like going to get married and have the bride run out on you. Well as you know know I didn’t get my three day pass last week and to day [sic] I was informed that I had to appear at a court martial and that started me wondering. I says [sic] to myself what did I do wrong and later I found out. When I was on charge of quarters one of the guys went A.W.O.L. [absent without leave] and I got to [sic] appear as a witness. Well honey I wish I could see you. It[‘s] been so long that it’d be a good thing. I got a picture

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of you. You don’t know how much that picture does for me. When I’ve been working hard out in the field and come in at night feeling grouchy. I just have to look at your picture and everything [is] OK [sic] again. Darling I was very lonesome the other night so I took your picture to be with me. Do you mind? I love you so much that it hurts me to think I can’t see you. Yve your stationary is wrong but I like it just the same. Well darling I guess I have to leave you now but I’m always thinking of you and just in case you don’t think so I prove it to you sometime. Good night, darling. Love

Howard.