Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 5, 1942

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Title

Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 5, 1942

Subject

Military life
Military Training
Money

Description

It's Pay day and he didn't get paid. He has to wait until next month to get paid. He was at the shooting range and he almost made sharpshooter. He gets lonesome at night without her.

Creator

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Source

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Publisher

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

Date

1942-09-05

Contributor

Wayne, Brandon (digitization, transcription, metadata)

Format

Correspondences

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

1942-09-05

Coverage

Louisville, Kentucky

Document Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Correspondences

Text

Louisville, Kentucky
Sept. 5, 1942

Yve Darling
Here it is payday and I didn’t get any pay. I was redlined. They made a mistake up in headquarters and my pay didn’t go through so I have to wait intil [sic] next month isn’t that [illegible deletion] just my luck[?] Well darling I spent a week on the rifle range and all I could make is marksman. I came with in [sic] two points of making a sharpshooter but you can’t have every thing [sic]. Well darling I still love you and I hope you still love me the same as always. I am going to the show to night [sic] but will go to bed early. How is every thing [sic] back in the old home town[?] [B]y the way

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the way you spell my sister’s name is Evelyn. If I get the rating that I think I’m going to get I get them Tuesday. Well darling I going to start now so I’ll be able to come home for [illegible deletion] Xmas. Well don’t be surprise[d] at any thing [sic] I do because it is all for you. I love you and miss you terribly. Honey I sure wish I can [illegible word] could see you all next week. You don’t know what I go through every night. I get so lonesome that theres no fun in it. Well darling good night [sic] for now. I see you again. Love. The Pvt who left you behind

Howard

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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 5, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed April 28, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1176.