Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 28, 1942
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 28, 1942
Subject
Military life
Description
He tells Yvette all about his hike that he had been on for a couple of days now. He sent her a surprise in the mail and he tells her it is not safe to send anymore candy because it is all gone already.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1942-05-28
Contributor
Wayne, Brandon (Digitization, transcription, metadata)
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1942-05-28
Coverage
Fort Knox, Kentucky
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Correspondences
Text
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 28, 1942
Darling Yve,
I am having a swell time. I just got back from the hike that we started out on Monday morning. First off it was raining for two days and oh well I’ll start off with the beginning. We left camp monday morning at 7:30 and walked until about 2:30 that took us about 20 miles out in the woods when we got there we had to pitch our tents in the rain. Well after we
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we had chow then the[y] took us for an other [sic] hike and we were shure [sic] wet and tired. Let me tell you one thing that sleeping on the ground ain’t as nice as it sounds not in the rain anyway well I went to sleep and caught a cold and went for an other [sic] hike along the Ohio river in the morning and it was still raining. [B]eleive it or not all I did for two days is walk in the rain then on the way back it got so hot tha[t] all our clothes were wet so I was in the wet wether [sic] it was raining or not. (woe is me). I have my troubles well that[‘s] enough about me now about you. How have you been i haven’t written for three days because I couldn’t but I thought
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of you just the same. I had a [illegible deletion] foto [sic] taken of me and it don’t look so hot, I bet you have one anyway. I’ll try again and if they come out better I[‘ll] send you an other [sic]. I love you just as much as allways [sic] and more. Don’t think I don’t love you because I missed a couple of days I couldn’t help it. I am sending you a letter package that you will or will not like. If you don’t like it let me
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know. Well darling I hope you have time to get my or our name on the [Includes sketch of pillow] pillow slip. I guess that what you call them. Your candy is all gone so it is not safe to send me some more. Well darling what day shall we get married on. [L]et me know and I will tell you if I can go home . Well darling I haven’t any more paper so you will have to be satisfied with this for tonight but I[‘ll] get some tomorrow. Well don’t forget to keep on loving me wifeedear [sic] until next time. I love you. Love
Howard
[Includes the words “marriage marriage” on bottom left corner written in blue marker]
May 28, 1942
Darling Yve,
I am having a swell time. I just got back from the hike that we started out on Monday morning. First off it was raining for two days and oh well I’ll start off with the beginning. We left camp monday morning at 7:30 and walked until about 2:30 that took us about 20 miles out in the woods when we got there we had to pitch our tents in the rain. Well after we
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we had chow then the[y] took us for an other [sic] hike and we were shure [sic] wet and tired. Let me tell you one thing that sleeping on the ground ain’t as nice as it sounds not in the rain anyway well I went to sleep and caught a cold and went for an other [sic] hike along the Ohio river in the morning and it was still raining. [B]eleive it or not all I did for two days is walk in the rain then on the way back it got so hot tha[t] all our clothes were wet so I was in the wet wether [sic] it was raining or not. (woe is me). I have my troubles well that[‘s] enough about me now about you. How have you been i haven’t written for three days because I couldn’t but I thought
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of you just the same. I had a [illegible deletion] foto [sic] taken of me and it don’t look so hot, I bet you have one anyway. I’ll try again and if they come out better I[‘ll] send you an other [sic]. I love you just as much as allways [sic] and more. Don’t think I don’t love you because I missed a couple of days I couldn’t help it. I am sending you a letter package that you will or will not like. If you don’t like it let me
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know. Well darling I hope you have time to get my or our name on the [Includes sketch of pillow] pillow slip. I guess that what you call them. Your candy is all gone so it is not safe to send me some more. Well darling what day shall we get married on. [L]et me know and I will tell you if I can go home . Well darling I haven’t any more paper so you will have to be satisfied with this for tonight but I[‘ll] get some tomorrow. Well don’t forget to keep on loving me wifeedear [sic] until next time. I love you. Love
Howard
[Includes the words “marriage marriage” on bottom left corner written in blue marker]
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 28, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 14, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/896.