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Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 8, 1944
Dec. 8, 1944
8:00 P.M.
Dearest darling wife and no kid,
Did you think I forgot all about you? Well I didn’t in fact I just got back from Crane, Indiana. It was a pretty good trip but tiresome. I’ll start in the beginning. We left camp wednesday…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 5, 1944
Dec. 5, 1944
8:30 P.M.
Yvette dearest,
Gee I miss you so much that it hurts. I wish I could get out of this darn army. I know I’ve been awful lucky to stay on this side so long but I’m getting awful tired of it. Darling no letter to day [sic] and…
Letter to Howard from Yvette, December 4, 1944
Dec. 4, 1944
9:30 P.M.
Hello Darling,
How are you to-night? I feel so lonely that I’m about ready to send a telegram for you to come down but I’ll wait until christmas [sic]. Well darling, I hope Jim gets home alright but he had to learn his…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 3, 1944
Dec. 3, 1944
Evening
Dearest darling wife,
I guess I’m a bad boy for not writing you last night but I was kept pretty busy and it got kind of late. I just got a letter from you and you seem mad at me. I know darling that your [sic] only coming…
Tags: Holidays
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 1, 1944
Dec. 1, 1944
9:30 P.M.
Dearest darling and wife + no kids,
Well here I am again just so happy as every but I got a few things on my mind. First what do you want for christmas [sic] and second is what to get my folks for christmas [sic] that has me…
Tags: Christmas
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 30, 1944
Nov. 30, 1944
Dear Yve (you little mushy mush)
Well when you get this letter you’ll know I skipped a day writing to you which was my fault because last night I had to go out on a night combat course and didn’t get back until after twelve last night…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 28, 1944
Nov. 28, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Dear Yve,
Well how are you to-night [sic] ? I miss you so darn much that it [sic] terrible. I wish I could see you to night [sic]. I got a letter to day [sic] that you wrote thanksgiving [sic] and you ought to be spanked…
Tags: Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 27, 1944
Nov. 27, 1944
7:30 P.M.
Dear Yve,
Well darling I got the package today with the watch and the brownies and the brownies are really good, I wound the watch and it seems to be keeping good time so far so I hope it is o.k. Well darling you know Ray…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 26, 1944
Nov. 26, 1944
Afternoon
Dearest Mushy Mush,
We’re having some terrible weather down here lately. Its [sic] been raining for the past three or four day [sic] and it makes me so lonesome. I got a nice letter from you to day [sic] which helped a lot…
Tags: Homesickness
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 22, 1944
Nov. 22, 1944
9:30 P.M.
Hello darling,
Well its [sic] only me again and I love you more and more every day. The lights are out now and I’m in the shower room writing so if for any reason you can’t read this you can put your self [sic] in my place…
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