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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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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