Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 10, 1942
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 10, 1942
Subject
Military life
Description
Howard talks about his trip to Fort Knox. He tells Yve that he won't see her for awhile because he has a lot of training to do first.
Creator
Sarty, Howard l., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1942-05-10
Contributor
Wayne, Brandon (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Format
correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1942-05-10
Coverage
Fort Knox, Kentucky
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Original Format
correspondences
Text
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 10, 1942
Darling Yve,
Here I am down south in the hills and don't like it because it is so hot. We left Devons at five o’clock [F]riday and arrived 10 o’clock [S]unday and what a trip. I was hoping I would be able to get home to see you before I left for the south, but I couldn’t, after we were told that [F]riday morning we couldn’t leave the barracks if we could have I would have called you up. I don’t think I am going to see you for quite a while
[Page 2]
although I would like to I got 13 weeks of training before I can get a leave. I couldn’t get in the [A]ir [F]orce at all. They say enlisted men get their pick but don’t believe it. I’m in the infantry I carry a gun I going [sic] to try to learn all I can. There[s] one fellow here I don’t like an[d] he is nothing but a Pvt. and he likes to give orders. I still love you and hope you the same. I write you when I get setld [sic]. Well I am going to close now I miss you and this time I am going to miss you. [W]ell
[Page 3]
we came down in around a bout [sic] [illegible deletion] way and I am so tired I can’t see well goodby [sic] for now. I will always love you this letter is [illegible deletion] got to be answered.
love
Pvt. Howard L. Sarty
[the following is written in postscript]
P.s. Let my mother know how and where I am. I love you
May 10, 1942
Darling Yve,
Here I am down south in the hills and don't like it because it is so hot. We left Devons at five o’clock [F]riday and arrived 10 o’clock [S]unday and what a trip. I was hoping I would be able to get home to see you before I left for the south, but I couldn’t, after we were told that [F]riday morning we couldn’t leave the barracks if we could have I would have called you up. I don’t think I am going to see you for quite a while
[Page 2]
although I would like to I got 13 weeks of training before I can get a leave. I couldn’t get in the [A]ir [F]orce at all. They say enlisted men get their pick but don’t believe it. I’m in the infantry I carry a gun I going [sic] to try to learn all I can. There[s] one fellow here I don’t like an[d] he is nothing but a Pvt. and he likes to give orders. I still love you and hope you the same. I write you when I get setld [sic]. Well I am going to close now I miss you and this time I am going to miss you. [W]ell
[Page 3]
we came down in around a bout [sic] [illegible deletion] way and I am so tired I can’t see well goodby [sic] for now. I will always love you this letter is [illegible deletion] got to be answered.
love
Pvt. Howard L. Sarty
[the following is written in postscript]
P.s. Let my mother know how and where I am. I love you
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Sarty, Howard l., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 10, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed April 29, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/883.