Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 25, 1945

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Title

Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 25, 1945

Description

Howard wishes Yvette could come stay in California, but can’t find a decent place for her. He talks again about trying to get a furlough and mentions how temperamental the weather is.

Creator

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Source

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Publisher

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

Date

1945-09-25

Contributor

Tommerdahl, Maria (digitization, transcription, metadata)

Format

Correspondences

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

1945-09-25

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Correspondences

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Sept. 25, 1945
Tuesday
Dearest Yve.,
Well another day gone by and it gets worse all the time. I got your telegram and I want you to come so bad but it [sic] no use I can’t find a place anywhere. Its [sic] really terrible out here. People around here are even living in [garages?] and thats [sic] no lie. I’m going to try again to get a furlough about the fifteen [sic] of oct. [sic] but all I can do is hope. I don’t know when pay day will come but I hope it’s before a furlough. Gee darling I was kind of home

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sick for the last couple of days and gee I want to see you. I love you so very much. The weather out here is funny at night you freeze and in the day time you could go swimming. Gee darling I love you love you so very very much and I want you, it would’nt [sic] be so bad if I was near home so I could see you once in a while. Well seeing I have’nt [sic] had a letter from you it [sic] hard to write but I hope to heare [sic] from you soon. All my love,

Howard

[The following is written as a postscript.]

P.S. I love you most.
P.S.S. How’s junior

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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 25, 1945,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1052.