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Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 17, 1945
May 17, 1945
Thursday
Dearest darling wife & no 12 points,
I just got that letter you wrote where the war was over and there’s one thing I’d like to see and that is how to sleep on both ears at one time. You’ll have to show me when I get home. In…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 3, 1944
[Written on United States Army Stationery]
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
July 3, 1944
Hello Darling,
Its [sic] only me again and gee how I miss you. To day [sic] I was out on the field and up came a big hail storm and I’m not kidding when I say the…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 15, 1945
May 15, 1945
Tuesday 10:30 P.M.
Hello darling,
Well here I am again and gee I feel swell. I only wish you were here with me and everything would be perfect. Right now I’m alone in our room, all the other two guys are on guard until twelve so its…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 14, 1945
May 14, 1945
Monday
Dearest darling wife,
Hows [sic] my sweet little wife to night [sic]? I love you very much and especially to night [sic] because I got a wonderful letter from you to day [sic]. Darling again I say, don’t beleive [sic] all you…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 13, 1945
May 13, 1945
Sunday
Dearest darling wife,
I don’t just know how to start this letter so here goes. To day [sic] we’ve been married 11 months and its [sic] also mothers day [sic]. Gee darling I wish I was back 11 months ago so I could do it all…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 2, 1944
[Written on United States Stationery]
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
July 2, 1944
10:00 P.M.
My darling wife,
Gee darling I miss you so much to-night. [sic] I guess its [sic] because to-day [sic] is Sunday and I’ve always missed you more when I don’t…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 30, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Sept 30, 1942
Yvette Darling
I love you. You said in your letter that my mother got at least 3 letters a week. I only wrote her 2 letters since I got my furlough. You know darling that I love you and would write you if I ever…
Tags: Military life, Ship
Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 10, 1943
Camp Campbell, Ky. [Kentucky]
Oct. 20,1943
Hello Sweet Stuff
How are you to-night [sic]?Its [sic] been so long since I’ve seen you that I can’t make up my mind wether [sic] to go home on a pass and see you or just look at your picture. Darling I…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 6, 1944
June 6, 1944
10:00 P.M.
My Best girl,
Well how are you to night [sic]? I just got back from the chapel and I have a letter from the chaplain stating that I’ve received the necessary instruction but I still have to find that form. I got to…
Tags: chapel, family, instruction, marriage
Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 27, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Sept 27, 1942
Darling
I’m sorry to hear that you don’t feel so good but that can’t be helped. I wish it could be for you[r] sake though. Gee I miss you a lot, it seems longer this past month than it did all the rest of the time…
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Postcard of Nurse Axness and the first patients at the Concordia College hospital, circa 1910
Postcard of Nurse Axness and the first patients, probably ailed by scarlet fever, at the Concordia College hospital, circa 1910