Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 11, 1944
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 11, 1944
Subject
Military life, Love letters
Description
He tells Yvette of the terrible weather that they are having and that he misses and loves her very much.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1944-07-11
Contributor
Miller, Christine (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
1944-07-11
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Correspondences
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[Written on United States Army stationery with the following quote from the Bible in the top left corner]
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.” 1 Peter 3:18
July 11, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Hello darling,
Well here I am again and boy is it raining. Its [sic] been raining for the past two hours and I’ve been putting off writing until it stops but I guess it won’t so I’ll use the flashlight to see with. Right now I am in my pup tent with my buddy keeping pretty dry considering how hard
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its [sic] raining. To give you an example of how hard its [sic] raining all the boys stood out side [sic] their tents and to [sic] a shower I mean they used soap to. We really had a tough day though and it was really hot so I hope this rain cools it off enough to beable [sic] to sleep. Well darling I wish I was with you to-night instead of this sgt. that I got here but I guess I have to wait a little while. I missed that letter but not quite so much as I would [sic] if it was
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was [sic] any day [sic] but Tuesday. You see I never hear from you on Tuesday so I don’t expect one. Well darling it’ll be a wonder if you can read this because my light is very limited but darling I love you so much and I can’t express how I feel in writing any way. [sic] All I can say is I love you and until to morrow [sic] when I write again. I’ll miss you
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so much but please keep loving me anyway. Your Loving Husband,
Howard
[The following was included as a postscript]
P.S. I love you and when are you coming down?
[The following was a quotation typed on the bottom of the stationery]
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us… Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved”-- Romans 5:8, Acts 16:31
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.” 1 Peter 3:18
July 11, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Hello darling,
Well here I am again and boy is it raining. Its [sic] been raining for the past two hours and I’ve been putting off writing until it stops but I guess it won’t so I’ll use the flashlight to see with. Right now I am in my pup tent with my buddy keeping pretty dry considering how hard
[Page 2]
its [sic] raining. To give you an example of how hard its [sic] raining all the boys stood out side [sic] their tents and to [sic] a shower I mean they used soap to. We really had a tough day though and it was really hot so I hope this rain cools it off enough to beable [sic] to sleep. Well darling I wish I was with you to-night instead of this sgt. that I got here but I guess I have to wait a little while. I missed that letter but not quite so much as I would [sic] if it was
[Page 3]
was [sic] any day [sic] but Tuesday. You see I never hear from you on Tuesday so I don’t expect one. Well darling it’ll be a wonder if you can read this because my light is very limited but darling I love you so much and I can’t express how I feel in writing any way. [sic] All I can say is I love you and until to morrow [sic] when I write again. I’ll miss you
[Page 4]
so much but please keep loving me anyway. Your Loving Husband,
Howard
[The following was included as a postscript]
P.S. I love you and when are you coming down?
[The following was a quotation typed on the bottom of the stationery]
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us… Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved”-- Romans 5:8, Acts 16:31
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 11, 1944,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1081.