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Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 30, 1944
[Written on United States Army Stationery]
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
June 30, 1944
10:00 P.M.
Hi Darling,
It’s me again and gee I miss you. Well same old things happened to-day, [sic] and oh yes Ted went on a three day pass. I got a letter from…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 9, 1945
Nov 9, 1945
Friday
Dearest Yve,
Well here’s your husband to night [sic] and he feel pretty good for a friday. You know friday is the day that I don’t get any letters but I love you just the same as I always did. Darling you couldn’t know what…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 15, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 15, 1942
Darling Yve
I haven’t much time to write because the[y] just told us to get our packs rolled for a few days out in the country. I know we got to go 15 miles before noon but that ain’t so bad. How are you? [D]o you…
Tags: Hike, Military training, Peep
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 14, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 14, 1942
My darling little Yve
I haven’t had a letter from you for three days and I wonder if your mad. Sunday night I went to the show and after the show I came by the officers club and they were having a dance. It was…
Tags: Crying, Half-Track, Love, Officers club, song, Star-Dust
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 12, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 12, 1942
Darling Yve,
I wish I were with you right now. You don’t know how much I miss you. I got the box of cookies you sent me to-day [sic] and they were really good. They came all in one piece too. You know I got Sat.…
Tags: Bus, Military life, Roland
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 8, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 8, 1942
Yve Darling
I just got your letter telling me how lonely you are, well I feel the same way about you. I love you so much it hurts. At night just before I go to bed I got a lot of time to think and I think of all…
Tags: Love, Military life, Truck
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 2, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
June 2, 1944
10:30 P.M.
Dearest darling,
Did I ever tell you how much I love you? Well I love you so much that even if I had a hundred years to tell you how much I…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 31, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 31, 1944
10:45 P.M.
Hello darling,
I’m sorry if I offended you by writing and telling my sister Betty that I would probably get my furlough around the tenth of…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 30, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 30, 1944
10:30 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
I went to see the chaplain to-night [sic] and he wrote a letter to the Priest asking him to send that form that was supposed to…
Tags: chaplain, instruction, marriage
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 5, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
July 5, 1942
Darling Yve,
I love you and this is going to be a short letter. I think your [sic] wonderful. I love those blue eyes and the dimple when you brush your teeth. I love the way you comb your hair. I love you the way…
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