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Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 24, 1945
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June 24, 1945
My beautiful wife,
Don’t think for one minuit [sic] that I don’t love you. You are on my mind all the time. I got a letter from you to day [sic] where we had the heart to heart talk and I’m really awful sorry. I’m sorry to…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 10, 1945
Dec. 10, 1945
Monday
Dearest darling Wife + ?
Well I’m just about sure now that I’ll be home for christmas. I’m supposed to start processing on Wednesday morning and I ought to be out about friday and home in a [illegible deletion] week or less. …
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 9, 1945
Dec. 9, 1945
Sunday
Dear Yvette + ?
I didn’t write last night and I’m sorry. It was kind of late and I was awfully tired. I got up today and went to church like a good boy and then waited for mail call but I had a bit disapointment [sic] when I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 7, 1945
Dec. 7, 1945
Friday
Dearest Yve.,
Do You remember what we were doing four years ago to-day [sic]? Well, I’ll tell you. We had dinner at your house. That was the day that Pearl harbor was attacked. It doesn’t seem that long but its [sic] the…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 6, 1945
Dec. 6, 1945
Thursday.
Dearest Yve.
Well nothing has changed yet but I’ve still got hopes. I got a letter from Tony Siragusa and he says he’s enjoying civillian [sic] life and he wants to know how I’m making it. I think I’ll write to him to…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 5, 1945
Dec. 5, 1945
Wednesday
Dearest Wife,
This should be a nice letter but it won’t. The way I feel is just what I’m going to write. The division sent down orders to stop all the discharges of fifty point men and to discharge all men with three…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 4, 1945
Dec. 4, 1945
Tuesday
Dear Mrs. Sarty,
Do you know that I love you darling? I really do and you can spend all the money you want as long as you got it to spend and as far as telling me about all the work I’ll have to do when I get home, I’ll…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 3, 1945
Dec. 3, 1945
Monday
Dearest Wife + ?,
Well here I am again and still in the army. I think I have some good news so here goes. By the time you get this letter don’t write anymore letters because in a couple of days from now I might be at Fort…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 2, 1945
Dec. 2, 1945
Sunday
Dearest wife + no kids yet
Hows [sic] my little woman to-day [sic]? I feel much better on acount [sic] of I heard some pretty good rumors today about discharges and I don’t think it will be too long now. I think its [sic]…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 1, 1945
Dec. 1, 1945
Saturday.
Dearest Wife,
Well honey my ankle is a little better to day [sic] and I hobble up to the how. It will feel better in a couple of days and I’ll be running around with the rest of the boys again. I still got four more days…
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