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Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 15, 1942
Darling Yve,
I only got one letter from you in 15 days in the army. [S]o I[‘d] like to hear from you again. [T]he letter you did send me I keep reading it over and over again. [Y]ou don’t know I good I feel when I…

May 15, 1945
Tuesday 10:30 P.M.
Hello darling,
Well here I am again and gee I feel swell. I only wish you were here with me and everything would be perfect. Right now I’m alone in our room, all the other two guys are on guard until twelve so its…

Fort Knox, Kentucky

May 16, 1942

Darling Yve,
I just got your letter and I feel much better. Well to start off with I [sic] tell you what I did to-day [sic]. We got up at 5:45 and ate chow then they told us we were going out on a drill field…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 16,1943
Hello darling:
I feel like a heel for not writing you sooner but I had to do my other work first. You know, keep the captain happy and all is well. I got the box of candy yesterday and thanks a lot, but you…

May 17, 1945
Thursday
Dearest darling wife & no 12 points,
I just got that letter you wrote where the war was over and there’s one thing I’d like to see and that is how to sleep on both ears at one time. You’ll have to show me when I get home. In…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 18, 1942

Darling Yve,
I am glad to hear from you. I got three letters from you to-day [sic]. Well to begin with we changed clothes to-day [sic] and put on our sun tan out fits [sic] they are pretty nice. I was going to…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 18, 1943
Hello darling:
Well here it is: almost the end of the month again and I’m not home yet. I got the box of candy and also the writing paper and thanks a lot. I’m trying very hard to get a furlough but I don’t…

[In the next letter, Howard notes that this letter was misdated. It should have been dated May 19th.]
May 18, 1945
8:30 P.M.
Hello darling,
I’m sorry I didn’t write to you last night but I had to take the St. to Bn. Helg. and didn’t get back…

Fort Knox, Kentucky

Darling Yve,
How are you[?] I haven’t heard from you for a long time. Why don't you write. I am fine I have a Tan from my forehead to my [illeligible deletion] shoulder’s [sic] and is it [sic] hot down here. You know I would…

Fort Knox, Kentucky
No date

Darling Yve,
I am getting quite a lot of mail I just got two more letters from you and one from my mother. Why don’t you go out and have a good time don’t do like me. I go to bed at 9 o’clock every night. There isn’t…