Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 24, 1944
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 24, 1944
Subject
Military life, Love letters
Description
Howard tells Yvette that he got sick when on bivouac because of the heat so he is back at camp. He also tells her that he wishes that the war was over and they could get a nice apartment together.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1944-07-24
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
1944-07-24
Coverage
Camp Campbell, Tennessee
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Correspondences
Text
[Written on United States Army stationery]
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
July 24, 1944
8:30 P.M.
Dear Mummy,
I love you I love you I love you more. Thats [sic] the way I feel right now. I’m supposed to be on bivouac to night [sic] but I guess I [am] just plain weak. I got out to the bivouac and got over come [sic] by the heat and then the pill-roller brought me back to camp, but I feel ok now. I wanted to stay out with the rest of the guys but I’m glad I got back to the barracks. I got a nice long letter from Betty to day [sic] and I guess she [sic] ok but she gets to [sic] mushy with me.
[Page 2]
You say in your letter that you just took a bath and feel drowsy and that if I had my arms around you you’d sleep so peacefully. Well my darling I doubt it because I’d probably keep you awake. Darling I wish the war was over so we could have that three room apartment together I know we’d be very happy and gee darling I love you so. Well darling I guess I’ll say so long for now but remember I love you so very much and keep praying for the war to end. I love you. As ever,
Howard
[The following was included as a postscript]
P.S. I love you more every day.
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
July 24, 1944
8:30 P.M.
Dear Mummy,
I love you I love you I love you more. Thats [sic] the way I feel right now. I’m supposed to be on bivouac to night [sic] but I guess I [am] just plain weak. I got out to the bivouac and got over come [sic] by the heat and then the pill-roller brought me back to camp, but I feel ok now. I wanted to stay out with the rest of the guys but I’m glad I got back to the barracks. I got a nice long letter from Betty to day [sic] and I guess she [sic] ok but she gets to [sic] mushy with me.
[Page 2]
You say in your letter that you just took a bath and feel drowsy and that if I had my arms around you you’d sleep so peacefully. Well my darling I doubt it because I’d probably keep you awake. Darling I wish the war was over so we could have that three room apartment together I know we’d be very happy and gee darling I love you so. Well darling I guess I’ll say so long for now but remember I love you so very much and keep praying for the war to end. I love you. As ever,
Howard
[The following was included as a postscript]
P.S. I love you more every day.
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, July 24, 1944,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1093.