Letter to Yvette from Howard, August 5, 1942
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, August 5, 1942
Subject
Military life
Description
He is starting to get an idea of how long and when his furlough will be. They were driving around in town and the truck tipped over.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1942-08-05
Contributor
Wayne, Brandon (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1942-08-05
Coverage
Fort Knox, Kentucky
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Correspondences
Text
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Aug. 5, 1942
Hello Darling
How are you to-day [sic][?] You asked me in your letter to-day [sic] if I could tell you if I was coming home the 3rd week in Aug. for sure. I can’t tell you but I hope so. They already started to give some of the fellows leaves. I’m putting in for my leave to start from the 15 of Aug. tell the 21 but I might have it before that or after. I’m shure [sic] I can’t tell you. The Top Kick said that all the boys that did’nt [sic] go A.W.O.L will get at best 5 days home so I got my fingers crossed. Four boys left here for forgin [sic] service to-day [sic]. [A]in’t that something. When we were out on a road march the other day we were riding through a town and we hapened [sic] to go around a corner to[o] fast and it tipped over and no one was hurt.
[Page 2]
Well darling I still love you and I wish I was home to stay but I got to win the war first so we can live like humans again. My mother wrote me and she has been taking care of my Aunt for a week. and I was wondering why she didn’t write I guess. They miss me at home cause my mother said that my father [illegible deletion] had a dream and he said that he in the dream I had come home and supprise [sic] them. I’m going to you wait and see. [W]ell darling I hope you will still love me when I get back. I’ve got an uneven tan my hands an [sic] face are tan and the rest of me is white. [S]o until to-morrow [sic] darling I love you and I’ll love you no matter how much you change. Love
Howard
[The following is written in Postscript]
P.S. I LOVE YOU
Aug. 5, 1942
Hello Darling
How are you to-day [sic][?] You asked me in your letter to-day [sic] if I could tell you if I was coming home the 3rd week in Aug. for sure. I can’t tell you but I hope so. They already started to give some of the fellows leaves. I’m putting in for my leave to start from the 15 of Aug. tell the 21 but I might have it before that or after. I’m shure [sic] I can’t tell you. The Top Kick said that all the boys that did’nt [sic] go A.W.O.L will get at best 5 days home so I got my fingers crossed. Four boys left here for forgin [sic] service to-day [sic]. [A]in’t that something. When we were out on a road march the other day we were riding through a town and we hapened [sic] to go around a corner to[o] fast and it tipped over and no one was hurt.
[Page 2]
Well darling I still love you and I wish I was home to stay but I got to win the war first so we can live like humans again. My mother wrote me and she has been taking care of my Aunt for a week. and I was wondering why she didn’t write I guess. They miss me at home cause my mother said that my father [illegible deletion] had a dream and he said that he in the dream I had come home and supprise [sic] them. I’m going to you wait and see. [W]ell darling I hope you will still love me when I get back. I’ve got an uneven tan my hands an [sic] face are tan and the rest of me is white. [S]o until to-morrow [sic] darling I love you and I’ll love you no matter how much you change. Love
Howard
[The following is written in Postscript]
P.S. I LOVE YOU
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, August 5, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed April 28, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1124.