Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 5, 1945

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Title

Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 5, 1945

Description

Howard talks about things being just the same. He mentions that tensions between himself and other soldiers are usually quickly resolved. He is happy at being temporarily housed in a hotel, and hopes to soon receive another package from Yvette.

Creator

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Source

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Publisher

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

Date

1945-05-05

Contributor

Tommerdahl, Maria (digitization, transcription, metadata)

Format

Correspondences

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

1945-05-05

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Correspondences

Text

May 5, 1945
Saturday
Dearest Yve.,
Well its [sic] me again and I’m just about the same only I miss you more all the time and I can’t wait until I get home. Well darling everything is fine over here and I can’t complain too much, althou [sic] I do get mad at everybody every once in a while and in a few hours everything [sic] back to normal again. I hope this damn war is over pretty soon so I can go home. To night [sic] I’m shacked up in a hotel but you never know how long a good thing like that can last. To morrow [sic] is sunday [sic] and we always do

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something on sunday [sic] and its [sic] to [sic] late for them to change now. Darling I hope I get another one of those packages that you sent pretty soon. Darling its [sic] getting late now so I guess its [sic] time for me to go to bed the only part I don’t like [is that] your [sic] not here with me. I love you darling so very very much. As Ever,

Howard

[The following is written as a postscript.]

P.S. I love you more

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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 5, 1945,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed April 30, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1280.