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Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 5, 1945
Oct. 5, 1945
at night
Hi Beautiful,
Its [sic] me again and I’m not drunk either. I’m just kind of lonely to night [sic] because I didn’t get a letter today but I don’t blame you for it, it’s because of Sunday and mail probably didn’t get out. I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 5, 1945
Oct. 5, 1945
2:10 A.M.
Hello beautiful woman,
Gee I love you more than ever. I can hardly go to sleep anymore. I just had to get up and post my guard relief so thats [sic] why I’m writing and thats [sic] not all it’s because I’m so darn lonely. …
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 16, 1943.
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
March 16, 1943
Hi darling:
How’s the world treating you? If it[‘]s not treating you alright let me know and I [will] fix it. No kidding darling I sure miss you like the devil. I wish this curse word war was over. Well I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 15, 1943
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
March 15, 1943
Hi Darling,
What[‘s] cooking? Well here I am again still the same old guy who left his home town to go and fight for his country. It was just a year ago to day [sic] when I went to Worcester to try to join…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 17, 1944
Letter from Howard to Yvette, December 16, 1944
Dec. 16, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
Well I got two nice letters from you to day which makes me feel a lot better. If you want me to I’ll go in town and check on that reservation at the hotel. I just can’t wait until you come down though. You…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 13, 1944
Dec. 13, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Darling Yve,
Well here it is the 13th which means we’ve been married six months to-day and it don’t [sic] seem that long at all. I guess its [sic] because we haven’t been together too much of the time. I got a nice letter…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 12, 1944
Dec. 12, 1944
8:30 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
well its [sic] been quite a day with all this and thats [sic] and I’m just about ready to go to bed. First off this morning I got up, then I went to eat and then to work as usual. Everything went along smooth…
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Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 11, 1944
Dec. 11, 1944
8:00 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
Well darling it snowed all day to day [sic] and all we got to show for it is just enough to cover the ground. Its [sic] starting to freeze now and its [sic] quite windy now too. I’m just about frozen with out…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 10, 1944
Dec. 10, 1944
6:00 P.M.
Dearest darling wife,
Well darling its [sic] the same old thing you get up in the morning lay around all day and go back to bed again. I didn’t write last night because I went to town to find you something for christmas…
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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