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Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 15, 1943
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
March 15, 1943
Hi Darling,
What[‘s] cooking? Well here I am again still the same old guy who left his home town to go and fight for his country. It was just a year ago to day [sic] when I went to Worcester to try to join…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 15, 1943: WAAC Section
Darling if you ever join the Waac I'll beat you because I wouldn't want you to because it's not what you would like to do.
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 15, 1945
March 15, 1945
Thrusday-nite
Dear Yve,
I was going to ask you to send the weidemanns [sic] offspring something but you beat me to it but as for Jimmy + Georges its [sic] as you say we may never see them again and a card would do. You didn’t tell…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 16, 1943.
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
March 16, 1943
Hi darling:
How’s the world treating you? If it[‘]s not treating you alright let me know and I [will] fix it. No kidding darling I sure miss you like the devil. I wish this curse word war was over. Well I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 21, 1945
March 21, 1945
France
Dearest Yve,
Well here I am again. I haven’t written for the last few days because I had a chance to visit Paris and what I’ve heard of the french women around there I’ll believe the worse [sic]. But as for the city of Paris…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 23, 1943.
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
March 23, 1943
Darling:
Well here I am. All alone in the commanding officer’s office working out my change of quarters, (CQ), in army language. Well to-morrow [sic] the company has off that means no duties but I’ll have to…
Tags: loneliness, Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 23, 1945
March 23, 1945
France.
Dearest darling Yve,
Well its [sic] me again and just about the same as ever. Its [sic] getting to be pretty d nice around here but thats [sic] about all. I got a letter from you yesterday and also one from mom. Mom didn’t…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 25, 1943
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
March 25, 1943
Dear Yvette;
I just got another letter from you to-day [sic] and yes darling I can read that french that you wrote and I love you to [sic]. Darling I don’t think I’ll send you any money this pay day because…
Tags: furloughs
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 26, 1943.
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
March 26, 1943
Hi Kid.
How are you? I got another letter from you to-day [sic] and it made me feel like taking off over the hill and go[ing] home. Well darling I went down to the motor park [and] did a little work and came…
Tags: duty, sleep depravation
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 27, 1945
France
March 27, 1945
10:00 P.m. [sic]
Dearest Yve,
I don’t mind being called a cabbage in french but in english is [sic] sounds kind of rough. I got that very mushy letter today and it [is] very natural to feel that way because I feel like that…
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