Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 14, 1945
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 14, 1945
Description
Howard talks about being busy but uninterested. He also talks about a conversation he had about going home.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1945-06-14
Contributor
Tommerdahl, Maria (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1945-06-14
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Correspondences
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Laufen Germany
June 14, 1945
Dear Mummy,
Here I am all alone and I wish you we’re [sic] here so I could just take you in my arms and squeeze you till you couldn’t breathe. You know darling I just can’t think of anything but you anymore. Well darling to-day [sic] was just another one of those long drawn out days where you don’t know what to do first. Don’t worry darling they keep me pleanty [sic] busy but nothing around here interests me that [sic] why I don’t know what to do
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I’m getting so darling I just drive around in a daze and fellows can come up and talk to me even and I won’t even know or hear what [theses?] saying. I’m telling you darling I got it bad. I love you so very very much and I want you more than anything in the world. Last night I stayed up until eleven o’clock talking with Lady Louise (you know the St.) and all we talked about it going home. He seem [sic] to think it won’t be too long before we do get home but that would [illegible]
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a battle with Japan and I don’t know weather [sic] I’d like that or not. The good part would be a furlough but when that would be over it would be harder than ever to leave you. Gee darling why can’t they let the guys go home according to length of service. I’m not bitching but Its [sic] not our fault we stayed in the states so long. Oh well I guess they know what there [sic] doing. I got to go now darling, but I do get awful lonely without you. I love you so very very much. Your [sic] Alone,
Howard
[The following is written as a postscript.]
P.S. I love you most.
June 14, 1945
Dear Mummy,
Here I am all alone and I wish you we’re [sic] here so I could just take you in my arms and squeeze you till you couldn’t breathe. You know darling I just can’t think of anything but you anymore. Well darling to-day [sic] was just another one of those long drawn out days where you don’t know what to do first. Don’t worry darling they keep me pleanty [sic] busy but nothing around here interests me that [sic] why I don’t know what to do
[Page 2]
I’m getting so darling I just drive around in a daze and fellows can come up and talk to me even and I won’t even know or hear what [theses?] saying. I’m telling you darling I got it bad. I love you so very very much and I want you more than anything in the world. Last night I stayed up until eleven o’clock talking with Lady Louise (you know the St.) and all we talked about it going home. He seem [sic] to think it won’t be too long before we do get home but that would [illegible]
[Page 3]
a battle with Japan and I don’t know weather [sic] I’d like that or not. The good part would be a furlough but when that would be over it would be harder than ever to leave you. Gee darling why can’t they let the guys go home according to length of service. I’m not bitching but Its [sic] not our fault we stayed in the states so long. Oh well I guess they know what there [sic] doing. I got to go now darling, but I do get awful lonely without you. I love you so very very much. Your [sic] Alone,
Howard
[The following is written as a postscript.]
P.S. I love you most.
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 14, 1945,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1011.