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Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 4, 1945
Nov. 4, 1945
Sunday.
My beautiful musky mush,
I’m in an awful musky mood to night [sic]. I could even eat you up to night [sic] and I mean eat. (50-50) I love you so very much darling and I need you so that life don’t mean anything without you. …
Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 30, 1944
[The following is written on Official United States Army stationary]
Camp Campbell, Ky.
April 30, 1944
Hello darling,
Well it’s Sunday again and its [sic] raining and I’m so darn lonesome when I get a day off. I went to the hospital…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 28, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
Camp Campbell, Ky.
April 28, 1944
Dear Yve.
I just got your letter and gee honey I envy Norman. Some guys get all the luck. Well anyway it must feel good to be home…
Tags: chores, daily life, friend, furlough
Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 27, 1944
Camp Campbell, Ky
April 27, 1944
10:30 PM
Hi short, blonde + beautiful,
How’s my little gal to night [sic]? Gee I miss you a lot, sometimes too much. Well to day [sic] was one of those long drawn days that you think will never end…
Tags: candy, daily life, drill, gift, song
Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 26, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
Camp Campbell, Ky.
April 26, 1944
Hello darling,
This is just a few lines to let you know I’m still lonesome for you. Gee darling I love you. Well darling I’ve seen…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 23, 1944
Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 20, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
Camp Campbell, Ky.
April 20, 1944
Hi short and Beautiful
Gee darling I love you. You know it[‘s] too bad that I have to be so far away from you all the time. Well…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 19, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
Camp Campbell, Ky.
April 19, 1944
11:30
Hello darling,
Well we had a nice beer party, not too much beer but the fried chicken was good. I started out this morning…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 18, 1944
[The following letter is written on official United States Army stationary]
Camp Campbell, Ky.
April 18, 1944
Dearest Halfpint,
I didn’t get any letter from you to day [sic] and I’m so lonely and I love you so much and oh well a lot…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 17, 1944
[The following letter is written on official United States Army stationary]
Camp Campbell, Ky.
April 17, 1944
Dear Halfpint,
Well hows [sic] every little thing to night [sic]? Gee I’m lonesome now but I guess I’ll get over it. The…
Tags: family, furlough, Military life, weapons
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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