Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 27, 1943

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Title

Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 27, 1943

Subject

Military Life

Description

Howard wrote to Yvette to tell her that he misses her and thinks about her often.

Creator

Sarty, Howard L.,

Source

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Publisher

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

Date

1943-09-27

Contributor

Probst, Jacob (digitization, transcription, metadata)

Format

Correspondences

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

1943-09-27

Coverage

Camp Campbell, KY

Document Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Correspondences

Text

Camp Campbell Ky. [Kentucky]
Sept. 27,1943
Hello darling [sic],
Well I went to bed early tonight and couldn’t sleep so here I am up and writing you this letter. Going to bed early well it was eleven thirty and now it [sic] two in the morning. Well honey do you still love me as much as I love you? gee [sic] I don’t know what this world is coming to

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do you. [sic] Everything seem [sic] so crazy I don’t know what to do. I miss you so darn much that I guess that [sic] why I couldn’t go to sleep with out [sic] getting up and writing you at least two or three times. well darling [sic] nothing knew [sic] has happened around here to-day [sic] except that Ted (my sleeping partner) is getting ready to go on furlough. Gee I wish I was in his shoes just to think of going

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home makes me feel so funny inside. Well I won’t be coming home for quite a while but I can dream can’t I! Well darling [sic] I guess I can sleep now so I guess I [sic] close and anyway two o’clock is no time to write to a nice girl like you. Well good night for now. Lots of Love
Howard

[the following is included as a postscript]

When are you coming down to See [sic] me answer Please [sic]

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Citation

Sarty, Howard L.,, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 27, 1943,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 20, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1136.