Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 14, 1944
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 14, 1944
Subject
Military life, Love letters
Description
Howard tells Yvette that despite her efforts to get him mail on Tuesday the air mail still came on Wednesday. He also tells Yvette that he got an extra stamp from a friend so he is going to go to town and buy some shoes. He also tells her that he wishes that he could be there for her to comfort her.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1944-09-14
Contributor
Miller, Christine (digitization, transcription, metadata)
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Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1944-09-14
Coverage
Camp Campbell, Tennessee
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Correspondences
Text
[Camp Campbell, Kentucky]
Sept. 14, 1944
Thursday
Hello Mummy,
Well even with that air mail stamp it didn’t get here until to-day [sic] so I guess its [sic] no use to try to get me a letter on Tuesday. Darling I guess the war must be over because we didn’t get up until six thirty this morning and ate at seven. Just like peace time. [sic] Well anyway it [sic] a lot diff. [sic] to day, [sic] they say its [sic] the lull before the storm or something. I’m going to town and get a pair of shoes to night. [sic] Old red head camp (the peep driver) has an airplane stamp that
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he don’t [sic] know what to do with so I said I’d take it off his hand’s [sic] so I’m going to buy some shoes. Darling I don’t [sic] like that letter where you we’re [sic] feeling blue. I wish I was there too but thats [sic] impossible as you know. I love you darling very much and need you even more than you know. I wish we could be to-gether again and soon. I’ll tell you one thing that when this war is over I’ll never leave you for more than eight hours at a time and that will be to work. I’m going to leave now but I’ll write again. I love you with all my heart. I love you, I love you, I love you. As Ever,
Howard
[The following was included as a postscript]
P.S. I love you more.
Sept. 14, 1944
Thursday
Hello Mummy,
Well even with that air mail stamp it didn’t get here until to-day [sic] so I guess its [sic] no use to try to get me a letter on Tuesday. Darling I guess the war must be over because we didn’t get up until six thirty this morning and ate at seven. Just like peace time. [sic] Well anyway it [sic] a lot diff. [sic] to day, [sic] they say its [sic] the lull before the storm or something. I’m going to town and get a pair of shoes to night. [sic] Old red head camp (the peep driver) has an airplane stamp that
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he don’t [sic] know what to do with so I said I’d take it off his hand’s [sic] so I’m going to buy some shoes. Darling I don’t [sic] like that letter where you we’re [sic] feeling blue. I wish I was there too but thats [sic] impossible as you know. I love you darling very much and need you even more than you know. I wish we could be to-gether again and soon. I’ll tell you one thing that when this war is over I’ll never leave you for more than eight hours at a time and that will be to work. I’m going to leave now but I’ll write again. I love you with all my heart. I love you, I love you, I love you. As Ever,
Howard
[The following was included as a postscript]
P.S. I love you more.
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 14, 1944,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 14, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1172.