Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 18, 1944
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 18, 1944
Subject
Military life, Love letters
Description
He tells Yvette that he had a problem today that lasted all day. He then relays that he went to a show. He also tells her of a rumor that they may be moving to another camp. He then lets her know that he misses her.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1944-07-18
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
1944-07-18
Coverage
Camp Campbell, Tennessee
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Correspondences
Text
[Written on United States Army stationery]
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
July 18, 1944
Tuesday::::
Dearest Yvette,
Well here I am again and its [sic] Tuesday and no letter to-day [sic] and gee I miss you so much more when I don’t get a letter. We had a very busy day to day [sic] we went on a combat problem and it lasted all day and when we came in I went to the show and here I am by the way the name of the picture was (summer storm) and it didn’t make much sence [sic] and I don’t either so I guess it make[s] me even with every thing. [sic] Well darling how is everything with you back
[Page 2]
home? I miss you so much that if I ever get home again you won’t be able to get rid of me even if you wanted to which I hope will never happen I mean I hope you’ll never want to get rid of me. Well darling there’s another rumor going around that the [illegible word] is going to move again and the place this time is camp McCoy Wisconsin but I don’t know how true it is and any way I’ll be about the same distance from home up there. Gee I hope Norman + Vi do get married while he’s home because I know they’ll be happy but they can’t be any happier than I am
[Page 3]
gee darling I’m getting so I don’t know what to write any more except I love you I love you and that [sic] the only way I can express my feelings. Any way darling when I see you again I’ll tell you how much I love you but now I’m going to get my beauty sleep. Good night my beautiful little wife and remember I love you. As ever,
Howard
[The following was included as a postscript]
P.S. When are you coming down I hope?
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
July 18, 1944
Tuesday::::
Dearest Yvette,
Well here I am again and its [sic] Tuesday and no letter to-day [sic] and gee I miss you so much more when I don’t get a letter. We had a very busy day to day [sic] we went on a combat problem and it lasted all day and when we came in I went to the show and here I am by the way the name of the picture was (summer storm) and it didn’t make much sence [sic] and I don’t either so I guess it make[s] me even with every thing. [sic] Well darling how is everything with you back
[Page 2]
home? I miss you so much that if I ever get home again you won’t be able to get rid of me even if you wanted to which I hope will never happen I mean I hope you’ll never want to get rid of me. Well darling there’s another rumor going around that the [illegible word] is going to move again and the place this time is camp McCoy Wisconsin but I don’t know how true it is and any way I’ll be about the same distance from home up there. Gee I hope Norman + Vi do get married while he’s home because I know they’ll be happy but they can’t be any happier than I am
[Page 3]
gee darling I’m getting so I don’t know what to write any more except I love you I love you and that [sic] the only way I can express my feelings. Any way darling when I see you again I’ll tell you how much I love you but now I’m going to get my beauty sleep. Good night my beautiful little wife and remember I love you. As ever,
Howard
[The following was included as a postscript]
P.S. When are you coming down I hope?
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 18, 1944,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1087.