Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 18, 1942

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Title

Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 18, 1942

Subject

Military life
Hitler, Adolf

Description

Howard got hay fever. He asks Yve why she doesn't just go over to Germany and kill Hitler so the war can be over. Howard is sitting in the sergeant's room listening to the radio.

Creator

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Source

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Publisher

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

Date

1942-09-18

Contributor

Wayne, Brandon (digitization, transcription, metadata)

Format

Correspondences

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

1942-09-18

Coverage

Fort Knox, Kentucky

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Correspondences

Text

Fort Knox, Kentucky
Sept. 18, 1942
Darling:
Ya I feel a lot better now just finished trading a letter from you and I’m sorry if I had you worried. Well you want to know what[‘]s the matter with me well I got (Hay fever) and don’t laff [sic]. Well Darling I got to do K.P. to-morrow [sic] is’nt [sic] that nice to think about[?] I had a dream about you last night I know in the dream we were married and we had a little house near my sister Evelyn. Gee we had a lot of fun but the I had to wake up. Darling why don’t you go over and kill Hitler then there would be no war. My Sgt is at a show and I’m in his room and I’m

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listening to his radio. They are playing the song (Mass). You have’nt [sic] told me what size ring you wear. Don’t think I’ll ever forget you darling. I love you. Your bashful Pvt

Howard

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Citation

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 18, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed April 29, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1189.