Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 2, 1942

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Title

Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 2, 1942

Subject

Military Homesickness

Description

Howard talks about his homesickness and missing Yvette, along with his wishes to marry Yvette.

Creator

Sarty, Howard (1919-1977)

Source

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Publisher

Courtesy of Concordia College Archives

Date

1942-11-02

Contributor

Zimny, Sean (digitization, transcription, metadata)

Format

Correspondences

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

1942-11-02

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Correspondences

Text

Hi Darling:
How are you getting alond [sic] with the pain in your chest. You better do as your mother tells you because she knows best. Oh how I wish I was there with you so I could be the doctor then everything would be allright [sic]. I hope they hurry up and make me a set of teeth pretty soon because I[‘m] gumming up all the works works with out [sic] them. I don’t want you to think that I’ve stopped loving you just because I went out to dinner because that made me love you all the more. Another thing there were no girls at that dinner except for the little 6 mo. old baby and

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she is to [sic] young to flirt with don’t you think? Darling I know that it wouldn’t be right to get married now but it makes me feel good to ask you even if you allways [sic] say no and don’t mean it. Well darling I hope I can get nearer home before Xmas so I could go home on a pass. Well that[‘s] about all my darling except I love you and please keep loving me alway[s]. Love
Howard

P.S. I love you.

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Citation

Sarty, Howard (1919-1977), “Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 2, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 19, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/671.