Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 17, 1945
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 17, 1945
Description
Howard talks about a parade that occurred and about two people, Pauline and Norman.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1945-06-17
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
1945-06-17
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Correspondences
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Laufen Germany
June 17, 1945
11:00 pm
Dearest Half-pint
I love you even thou [sic] your [sic] just a halfpint and I always will. Today is sunday [sic] and I just got finished work so I put in a full day. This afternoon wasn’t so bad thou [sic] because all we had was another parade. I think my self they went parade-happy over here. But after all the General has to get out and get some shunshine [sic] so I guess it [sic] alright. Darling I could of [sic] told that Norman & Paul would get married and that he was coming home soon because I saw his
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outfit move back to the coast about a month ago and another thing I’ll tell you he’ll see Japan before I do. I hope to get home pretty soon but I don’t care to visit Japan. Of course you can’t have everything I hope that Paul and Norman are very happy and I wish I was there so I could get norman [sic] a pair of pajamas that just in case your sister is like you darling. Gee I love you so very very much. I got to go now darling but I’’ll send Norman & Paul a note. Is it ok if I address it
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Mr. & Mrs. yet. Goodnight darling I love you with all my heart. As Ever,
Howard
[The following is written as a postscript.]
P.S. I love you most.
June 17, 1945
11:00 pm
Dearest Half-pint
I love you even thou [sic] your [sic] just a halfpint and I always will. Today is sunday [sic] and I just got finished work so I put in a full day. This afternoon wasn’t so bad thou [sic] because all we had was another parade. I think my self they went parade-happy over here. But after all the General has to get out and get some shunshine [sic] so I guess it [sic] alright. Darling I could of [sic] told that Norman & Paul would get married and that he was coming home soon because I saw his
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outfit move back to the coast about a month ago and another thing I’ll tell you he’ll see Japan before I do. I hope to get home pretty soon but I don’t care to visit Japan. Of course you can’t have everything I hope that Paul and Norman are very happy and I wish I was there so I could get norman [sic] a pair of pajamas that just in case your sister is like you darling. Gee I love you so very very much. I got to go now darling but I’’ll send Norman & Paul a note. Is it ok if I address it
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Mr. & Mrs. yet. Goodnight darling I love you with all my heart. As Ever,
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 17, 1945,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1013.