Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 1942
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 1942
Subject
Military Life
Description
Howard is very dissapointed that Yve hasn't been sending him letters. He starts to wonder if he is expecting too much.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1942-05
Contributor
Wayne, Brandon (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1942-05-No date_01
Coverage
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Correspondences
Text
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Darling Yve,
How are you[?] I haven’t heard from you for a long time. Why don't you write. I am fine I have a Tan from my forehead to my [illeligible deletion] shoulder’s [sic] and is it [sic] hot down here. You know I would like to be home though. I would told you before that when your [sic] in the army after you finish drilling all day you don't even feel like writing letters. I am kind of disappointed not [sic] [illeligible deletion] getting any mail because I guess I expect to[o] much. How is every thing [sic] with you. I was talking to the First Sarg. and he said the div. I was in wouldn’t likely go to the front but you never can tell. He was telling me that after my basic training
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if I wasn’t to [sic] dumb I could get a rating. The regiment I am with is a new one and if we are any good we will be sent to other camps to train others. [A]ny how [sic] I will be down here three month[s] anyway. Well I still love you and get I [illegible deletion] lonesome fore [sic] you. I will be glad to hold you in my arm’s [sic] again when I get back if you are still there. [illeligible deletion] [W]ell goodby [sic] for now and don’t forget I love you. Your
Howard
[The following is written in postscript]
P.S. The writing is bad but you try to write a letter half in the morning, before breakfast and half after. I love you.
Darling Yve,
How are you[?] I haven’t heard from you for a long time. Why don't you write. I am fine I have a Tan from my forehead to my [illeligible deletion] shoulder’s [sic] and is it [sic] hot down here. You know I would like to be home though. I would told you before that when your [sic] in the army after you finish drilling all day you don't even feel like writing letters. I am kind of disappointed not [sic] [illeligible deletion] getting any mail because I guess I expect to[o] much. How is every thing [sic] with you. I was talking to the First Sarg. and he said the div. I was in wouldn’t likely go to the front but you never can tell. He was telling me that after my basic training
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if I wasn’t to [sic] dumb I could get a rating. The regiment I am with is a new one and if we are any good we will be sent to other camps to train others. [A]ny how [sic] I will be down here three month[s] anyway. Well I still love you and get I [illegible deletion] lonesome fore [sic] you. I will be glad to hold you in my arm’s [sic] again when I get back if you are still there. [illeligible deletion] [W]ell goodby [sic] for now and don’t forget I love you. Your
Howard
[The following is written in postscript]
P.S. The writing is bad but you try to write a letter half in the morning, before breakfast and half after. I love you.
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed April 27, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/887.