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Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 30, 1942

1942-09-30.pdf

Fort Knox, Kentucky
Sept 30, 1942
Yvette Darling
I love you. You said in your letter that my mother got at least 3 letters a week. I only wrote her 2 letters since I got my furlough. You know darling that I love you and would write you if I ever…

Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 27, 1942

1942-09-27.pdf

Fort Knox, Kentucky
Sept 27, 1942
Darling
I sorry for what I said in the letter yester day [sic] but I could’nt [sic] help it. If it was’nt [sic] for you I would go oversea’s [sic] to-morrow [sic] but I don’t want to if I can have you. I love you…

Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 6, 1942

1942-10-06.pdf

Fort Knox, Kentucky
Oct. 6, 1942
Dear Yve:
How are you feeling to-day [sic][?] here it is ten o’clock in the morning and I’m writing you a letter from my little office. Darling I miss you a lot and I was feeling kind of blue last night so I went…

Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 21, 1942

1942-10-21.pdf

Fort Knox, Kentucky
Oct. 21, 1942
Hi Darling
I feel swell now since I got your letter. I sure hope [N]orman comes down here because I sure want to see you even more than you want to see me. I went to bed early last night and I had a wonderful…

Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 20, 1942

1942-10-20.pdf

Fort Knox, Kentucky
Oct. 20, 1942
Hi Darling
It me again I glad my Mother calls you one of the family because you will soon be if you don’t change your mind. I don’t think much of phil girl but I not much of a judge of other people gals I only saw…

Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 16, 1944

1944-10-16.pdf

Oct. 16, 1944
(Still on maneuvers)
Dearest darling wife,
Here I am lying down in my text writing because there isn’t enough room to sit up. Well darling we’ll be back in the barracks friday and and I’ll feel much better. I got a letter from you…

Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 15, 1944

1944-10-15.pdf

Oct. 15, 1944
(maneuvers)
Dearest darling wife,
Well its sunday again and I feel kind of lonesome but better days are coming. I think I’ll be coming home on the next branch that goes. It ought to leave around the twentieth of the month or a little…

Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 13, 1944

1944-10-13.pdf

Friday Oct. 13, 1944
Dearest darling wife,
Well darling here it is friday the 13th and we’ve been married four months. Darling it seems its[sic] been a long time but it really hasn’t, I guess its[sic] because I haven’t seen you for a long time.…

Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 08, 1944

1944-10-08.pdf

Sunday Oct. 8, 1944
Dearest darling wife,
Well here it is sunday[sic] and I just came back from church. The chaplain held services in the field today and I guess everybody went. It was a very cold night last night but its [sic] nice and warm now.…

Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 28, 1944

1944-11-28.pdf

Nov. 28, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Dear Yve,
Well how are you to-night [sic] ? I miss you so darn much that it [sic] terrible. I wish I could see you to night [sic]. I got a letter to day [sic] that you wrote thanksgiving [sic] and you ought to be spanked…