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Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 20, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army Stationary]
May 20, 1944
10:30 P.M.
Hello Darling,
Gee darling I’m lonesome to night [sic] and wish I could see you just for a little while but I guess I can wait. I got a nice…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 21, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 21, 1944
5:30 P.M.
Yve darling,
I love you so much gee I miss you to day [sic]. I got your double letter to day [sic] and gee I don’t know what to do. I wish I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 19, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 19, 1942
Darling Yve
I got your picture to-day [sic] and they are pretty good, I like you in white. I am sorry that you got a cold and I hope it gets better quick. Well darling we are here practicing feild [sic] drills…
Tags: Military life, Radio
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 21, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 21, 1932
Darling Yve
I got your box of stuff. I don’t know how to spell what it is so I called it stuff. No hard feelings huh! I ate them all befroe I went to bed [S]aturday. Al Mortenson said they were the best he ever…
Tags: Military life, Military training, P.X., Sunburn
Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 22, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 22, 1944
10:00 P.M.
Hello Darling, I got a letter from you to day [sic] and I’m glad that your dad and mother know. I haven’t quite finished that letter but I guess…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 23, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 23, 1944
10:00 P.M.
Dearest Yve
I love you so very much to-night [sic] that I think maybe I’m going crazy. I went to see the chaplain to night [sic] but he…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 23, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 23, 1942
My little Darling
I just got back from a road march of 12 miles with light packs an and it was hot. [T]hey marched us right along a river. [W]ell Sunday I spent in Louisville. Our first Sarg. got married and he…
Tags: Hike, Military training, Roller coaster
Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 24, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
May 24, 1944
7 PM
Hello darlin
I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and it seems that you are different. I love you darling and I wouldn’t want you to change your…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 24, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 24, 1942
Darling Yve,
I am getting auful [sic] home sick. Every time I get a letter from you I feel more sick but I feel bad if I don’t get one. Well we got speaches [sic] every other day on the war from capatin captains…
Tags: Dance, Gold brick, homesick, Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 27, 1942
Fort Knox, Kentucky
June 27, 1942
Darling Yve
I been so busy lately I haven’t had time to write and to-morrow [sic] I got to work K.P. I just had it [F]riday and it was awful hot. Well i just got your brownies to-day [sic] and they were swell. I…
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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