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Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 8, 1943.
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 8, 1943
Hell darling:
Well here I am again I and I still love you more than ever. It’s a little cooler here to day [sic] and it makes you feel like doing something. I was riding on the bus [hours] [when] I saw three…
Tags: loneliness, sleep depravation
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 8, 1945
Laufen
Germany
June 8, 1945
Dear Yvette,
Hi darling its [sic] only me and I feel swell. The only thing is that you aren’t here with me to make everything perfect. I just got finish [sic] getting ready for the big inspection that we’ll have to…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 9, 1943.
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 9, 1943
Hi Yve:
Just got another letter from you to-day [sic] and am feeling on top of the world. Gee it must be swell to be able to go swimming when you want to. I’ll have to wait until I get home before I get in the…
Tags: Military life, Routine
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 1, 1945
March 1, 1945
7:30 P.M.
Dearest darling wife + no kids,
Well darling I feel good to-day [loss] cause I got about seven letters from you and one from mom. The last letter I got from you was dated the 11th of Feb. and I liked that one the best. I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 1, 1945 [EXAMPLE]
March 1, 1945
7:30 P.M.
Dearest darling wife & no kids,
Well darling I feel good today because I got about seven letters from you and one from mom. The last letter I got from you was dated the 11th of Feb. and I like that one the best. I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 10, 1943
Hi Darling
How is everything back home? I got another letter from you today. Gee I wish I was there with you eating apple pie and ice cream. I wouldn’t be able to give up eating between meals because if I did that I would starve. You think your…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 13, 1943
Dear Yve
How is every little thing with you tonight? I haven’t written to you for the last two days because I was working to [sic] a hours out on the range, but today I got off a little easy instead of doing a lot of work on the range I had to take…
Tags: duty, Homesickness
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 13, 1945
March, 13, 1945
Tuesday
Dear Yvette,
You must of thought I got lost wounded or something because I didn’t write, but it wasn’t that bad. I guess you’d classify it as plain lazy-ness [sic]. Well here it is the thirteenth and you know what that…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 14, 1943
Hi [D]arling
Well here I am again, just a little boy who can’t forget that he’s got the most beautiful girl in the world back in [S]outhbridge waiting for him till the war is ended. Darling I sure love you, why today I went to town and I missed you…
Tags: Homesickness
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 14, 1945
March 14, 1945
Wed-night,
Dearest darling wife + no kids
Well here it is another day and I got three letters from you to day [sic] dated the 14th, 15th, and 16th. I got that snap shot that Pauline took of you and I think its [sic] good so I’ll…
Tags: Homesickness
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