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Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 25, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 25, 1944
10:30 P.M.
Hello Darling
Gee I love you to night [sic]. I’m so darn happy I went to see this other chaplain to night [sic] and as I walked in he called…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 26, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 26, 1944
10:00 P.M.
Hello Darling:
Well darling my furlough is coming up the tenth of June and it can’t be changed. I asked the first sergeant if it could be put…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 28, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 28, 1942
Yve Darling
I love you darling. I just got finished working K.P. all day to-day [sic] isn’t that a nice thing to do. y How would you like to serve and wash and dry dishes for about 200 guys three times a day. I…
Tags: Hike, K.P., Military life, Pine Camp
Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 28, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 28, 1944
Hello darling,
Well here it is [S]unday and I miss you more all the time. Gee darling sundays are more lonely than the other day and gee I wish I could see…
Tags: furlough, instruction, recital, school
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 4, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 4, 1942
Hi darling
How’s everything[?] I am very lonesome down here how about you[?] You won’t get any letters for about three days because I didn’t write any. You know it isn’t my fault though because I out on the…
Tags: Cowboy picture, Hike, money, shuttle shop
Letter from Howard to Yvette, 1919-1977
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 29, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Hi Little One
Well here it is another day closer to being married and I love you more everyday. I was in school to night [sic] until 8:50 then…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 5, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 5, 1942
Darling Yve,
I love you and this is going to be a short letter. I think your [sic] wonderful. I love those blue eyes and the dimple when you brush your teeth. I love the way you comb your hair. I love you the way…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 30, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 30, 1944
10:30 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
I went to see the chaplain to-night [sic] and he wrote a letter to the Priest asking him to send that form that was supposed to…
Tags: chaplain, instruction, marriage
Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 31, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 31, 1944
10:45 P.M.
Hello darling,
I’m sorry if I offended you by writing and telling my sister Betty that I would probably get my furlough around the tenth of…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 2, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
June 2, 1944
10:30 P.M.
Dearest darling,
Did I ever tell you how much I love you? Well I love you so much that even if I had a hundred years to tell you how much I…
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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