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Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 4, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 4, 1942
Darling little Yve
I love you. [Y]ou asked me in the letter to-day [sic] if I wanted you to come down, well of course I do It [sic] is just that I found out to day [sic] that we have to have a dress parade in…
Tags: Military life, Parade, Routine
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 30, 1944
[Written on United States Army Stationery]
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
June 30, 1944
10:00 P.M.
Hi Darling,
It’s me again and gee I miss you. Well same old things happened to-day, [sic] and oh yes Ted went on a three day pass. I got a letter from…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 29, 1945
Laufen
June 29, 1945
12:10 A.M.
Dearest darling Yve.,
I’m writing very poorly to-night [sic] but it can’t be helped. I got my right hand all bandage [sic] up. I got an infiction [sic] in my hand and for two days was pretty bad and could’nt [sic]…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 29, 1944
[Written on United States Army stationery]
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
June 29, 1944
10:00 P.M.
Dear Mummy,
You wouldn’t listen to me when I told you you wouldn’t be one but you had to wait and find out for yourself. Well darling I got up early…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 29, 1943.
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 29, 1943
Hi darling:
Gee I wish I could of [sic] been at the recital. I bet it was good. In fact everything you do is good. Darling I hope you have a very good time on your vacation too because I know you’ve earned it.…
Tags: Love
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 to Yvette from Howard, June 27, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 27, 1942
Darling Yve
I been so busy lately I haven’t had time to write and to-morrow [sic] I got to work K.P. I just had it [F]riday and it was awful hot. Well i just got your brownies to-day [sic] and they were swell. I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 26, 1945
Laufen
June 26, 1945
Dearest darling wife,
I’m sending you a negative of your no good husband that does nothing but sleep all day long. No kidding darling [Ed. Kaschule?] took that picture on one of those days that I couldn’t stay awake long…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 25, 1945
Laufen
June 25, 1945
12 00. P.M.
My darling Yve.,
I love you so very very much and I do so hope they send me home soon. The latest on going home is that I’ll be home before the first of september [sic] and its [sic] pretty official because we got…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 25, 1943.
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 25, 1943
Hello darling:
I just got back from double timing for about three miles and am kind of out of wind and I’m telling you it was hot out there. There were eight of us on the run and only four of us finished. You…
Tags: loneliness, Training, weather
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