Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 16, 1942
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 16, 1942
Subject
Military Life
Description
Howard tells Yvette about what he did today at camp. He tells her that he had to go to the doctor to get a couple shots in his arm. He really wishes he would have gotten married before he went to the military.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1942-05-16
Contributor
Wayne, Brandon (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1942-05-16
Coverage
Fort Knox, Kentucky
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correspondences
Text
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 16, 1942
Darling Yve,
I just got your letter and I feel much better. Well to start off with I [sic] tell you what I did to-day [sic]. We got up at 5:45 and ate chow then they told us we were going out on a drill field and drilled in front of some general. There was only 17 thousand of us on the field at one time then the general gave a speech and we had to [illegible deletion] stay there and take it all in you know how it is. [W]e got back from there about 11:30 and had to get ready to eat again. [T]hen we did some house cleaning which is nothing. [illegible deletion] Then I went to the doc. [sic] and got an other [sic] needle in the arm that makes 5 in all so far but I don't even feel them. I am glad that you are getting along all write [sic] with my [illegible deletion] family because I love you so much and don't want to many hard [bottom of page says “over”]
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feelings. I think I’m loosing[sic] weight instead of gaining. I just got news to-day [sic] that we can’t leave the Co. for 30 days starting tomorrow. I get alful [sic] lonesome for you at night so I take your letters and out read them then I feel all write [sic] again. I’ll never forget you and I hope you feel the same. I wish now that we had got married before I went in the army. I went away so quick I didn’t get a chance to get a [illegible deletion] foto [sic] of you so send me a snap shot [sic] of you in your next letter but you don't have to send it air mail [sic]. Well I still love you I love you I love you I love you I love you a 1,000,000,000 times more, well so long for now now. Lots of love
Howard
May 16, 1942
Darling Yve,
I just got your letter and I feel much better. Well to start off with I [sic] tell you what I did to-day [sic]. We got up at 5:45 and ate chow then they told us we were going out on a drill field and drilled in front of some general. There was only 17 thousand of us on the field at one time then the general gave a speech and we had to [illegible deletion] stay there and take it all in you know how it is. [W]e got back from there about 11:30 and had to get ready to eat again. [T]hen we did some house cleaning which is nothing. [illegible deletion] Then I went to the doc. [sic] and got an other [sic] needle in the arm that makes 5 in all so far but I don't even feel them. I am glad that you are getting along all write [sic] with my [illegible deletion] family because I love you so much and don't want to many hard [bottom of page says “over”]
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feelings. I think I’m loosing[sic] weight instead of gaining. I just got news to-day [sic] that we can’t leave the Co. for 30 days starting tomorrow. I get alful [sic] lonesome for you at night so I take your letters and out read them then I feel all write [sic] again. I’ll never forget you and I hope you feel the same. I wish now that we had got married before I went in the army. I went away so quick I didn’t get a chance to get a [illegible deletion] foto [sic] of you so send me a snap shot [sic] of you in your next letter but you don't have to send it air mail [sic]. Well I still love you I love you I love you I love you I love you a 1,000,000,000 times more, well so long for now now. Lots of love
Howard
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 16, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 5, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/888.