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Letter to Yvette from Howard, January 7, 1943
Hi [D]arling
How are you making out? You haven't heard from me lately because I’m in the hospital at the present. I’ve had a bad cold so that [is] what I get for catching a cold. Well [D]arling I still love you a lot and I hope its [sic] vice versa…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, January 3, 1943
Hi Darling
What’s new? I’m having a heck of a time here. I [will] let you [know] all about it after a while. You can send all my mail to my new address. [F]rom now on it will be on the envelope. [A]s always I’ll write you a long letter as soon as I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, January 1, 1943
Hello Darling:
Well I guess I’ll start the New Year right and be a good boy. I love you [D]arling and it looks like I’ll have to go quite a while with out [sic] seeing you. I just got a letter from my mom and she told me about Phil being home for…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 18, 1944
Nov. 18, 1944
Dearest darling wife,
Well its [sic] only me again and I still love you even though you did work all the time I was home or some of the time anyway. To day [sic] I haven’t done much of anything. I cleaned up my barrack and then stood…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 17, 1944
Nov. 17, 1944
Dear Love,
Well darling I got another nice letter from you today and I love you very much. Yesterday I told you about Jim White well today I’ve got some more dirt which is a little dirtier than yesterday [sic]. It seems as though…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 16, 1944
Nov. 16, 1944
8:30 PM
Hello darling,
Well do you want to hear some news that is news? Well here goes. [sic] You know Jim White and the redhead, well when Jim went home on furlough he got a divorce from his wife and married the redhead. As for…
Tags: Military training, movies
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 15, 1944
Nov. 15, 1944
8:30 PM
Dearest darling wife,
I love you period. I love you comma, I love you anyway you are ever with all the fixings. Well darling its [sic] been an awful tough day. We went out to the range and fired two shots and the rest of the…
Tags: Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 14, 1944
Nov. 14, 1944
8:00 PM
Hello my Darling
Well darling I got back to camp all in one piece but a little tired. I didn’t write you on the trip because all the trains were quite late and I’d just get off one and on another and it was four o’clock when…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 25, 1944
Wednesday Oct. 25, 1944
Dearest darling wife,
How are you tonight?. [sic] Personally I feel pretty good because I was informed a little while ago that I was to leave on furlough this weekend. Of course they can always change their mind but if they…
Tags: furlough
Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 24, 1944
Tuesday Oct. 24, 1944
9:30 PM
Dearest darling wife,
Well darling to-day has been a pretty busy day. I just got through going through my service record and got that straightened out. and [sic] now it’s about time to go to bed. I wish that saturday…
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