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Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 24, 1945
Nov 24, 1945
Saturday
Dearest Yve.,
Gee I’m so glad you got the five room apartment [sic] and I glad you like it to [sic]. I’m sure I’ll like it and we’ll be all alone by our selves [sic]. It will seem more like married life to have a place for…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 11, 1945
Laufen
June 11, 1945
Dearest Mummy,
Well how’s my little darling to night [sic]? I feel fine myself but gee darling I want to see you so much. I haven’t got any mail for a couple of days and it make [sic] me miss you just that much more. I didn’t…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 25, 1945
Nov. 25, 1945
Sunday
Dearest Yve.,
Well its [sic] sunday again and I’m here all along. I got a letter from you and it made me feel a lot better but I still would like to be home with you to help get the apartment [sic] ready, mothers [sic] little…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 26, 1945
Nov. 26, 1945
Monday
Dear Yve.,
Hows [sic] my little girlfriend wife to night [sic]? I love you like everything and more than that to [sic]. I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t get those nice letters from you every day. I think your [sic] the…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 12, 1945
Laufen
June 12, 1945
Dearest Yve.,
Well hows [sic] my little wife to night [sic]? I’m fine I think. Gee darling I miss you more every day. To day [sic] everything went on as usual and mummy I’m getting tired of this living alone with a bunch of…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 13, 1945
Laufen
June 13, 1945
My Darling Bride,
Gee darling I’m so glad I married you. Last year at this time we we’re in Hartford Conn. eating turkey and when you said something about eating a lot because we might be hungry befor [sic] morning and then…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 14, 1945
Laufen Germany
June 14, 1945
Dear Mummy,
Here I am all alone and I wish you we’re [sic] here so I could just take you in my arms and squeeze you till you couldn’t breathe. You know darling I just can’t think of anything but you anymore. Well…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 16, 1945
Laufen Germany
June 16, 1945
Dear Yve.
I’m sorry I didn’t write last night but I didn’t get finish [sic] work until around eleven thirty last night and I was pretty tired. After I got to bed I fell asleep right away. I did have a very nice dream…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 17, 1945
Laufen Germany
June 17, 1945
11:00 pm
Dearest Half-pint
I love you even thou [sic] your [sic] just a halfpint and I always will. Today is sunday [sic] and I just got finished work so I put in a full day. This afternoon wasn’t so bad thou [sic]…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 27, 1945
Nov. 27, 1945
Tuesday
Dear Yve.,
Its [sic] only me again and I love you more than ever. Honest darling its [sic] getting worse all the time and I mean it to [sic]. I don’t feel like even working anymore. Gee darling I wish I was home again. …
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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