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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 14, 1945
March 14, 1945
Wed-night,
Dearest darling wife + no kids
Well here it is another day and I got three letters from you to day [sic] dated the 14th, 15th, and 16th. I got that snap shot that Pauline took of you and I think its [sic] good so I’ll…
Tags: Homesickness
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 13, 1945
March, 13, 1945
Tuesday
Dear Yvette,
You must of thought I got lost wounded or something because I didn’t write, but it wasn’t that bad. I guess you’d classify it as plain lazy-ness [sic]. Well here it is the thirteenth and you know what that…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 8, 1945
March 8, 1945.
night-time
Yve, darling
Well its [sic] me again, and no letters to-day. This is getting to be like back in Fort Knox when I first came in the army. As usual we got a big crap game going on and you can hardly find room on the floor…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 7, 1945
March 7, 1945
Wed. Night.
Dear Yve,
Well how are you? I haven’t heard from you lately but I guess the mail doesn’t come through so good. Nothing has happened lately that news except we got payed in french money an [sic] you got to figure it out to…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 5, 1945
March 5, 1945
Monday-nite
Dearest Yvette,
Well darling I got a package from you and I’m wondering weather [sic] its [sic] the first one you sent or the second. It was all candy, mostly fudge which went swell but it didn’t last very long with…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 4, 1945
March 4, 1945
Sunday-nite [sic]
Dear Yvette,
Well darling here it is another week gone by and I still didn’t get that package that you sent about a month ago but don’t stop sending them because they’ll catch up with me some-time. To day [sic] I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 3, 1945
March 3, 1945
Dearest Yve,
I’m just droping [sic] you a few lines before I go on guard. Its [sic] the first time since about Feb “43” Well darling things are about the same with me and I haven’t had any mail since I got those letters that you sent.…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, March 1, 1945
March 1, 1945
7:30 P.M.
Dearest darling wife + no kids,
Well darling I feel good to-day [loss] cause I got about seven letters from you and one from mom. The last letter I got from you was dated the 11th of Feb. and I liked that one the best. I…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, February 1945
Feb. 1945
at night.
Dearest Yve,
Well darling here I am in the middle of nowhere in France. The places I’ve been are pretty beat up but its [sic] what I expected. I’m going to try to look up brother Bill while I’m here but I don’t know just when…
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