Letter to Yvette from Howard, January 30, 1944
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, January 30, 1944
Subject
Military Life
Description
Howard told Yvette about how he had to get ready for an inspection
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1944-01-30
Contributor
Probst, Jacob (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1944-01-30
Coverage
Camp Campbell, KY
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Correspondences
Text
Jan. 30, 1944
21:30 P.M.
Hello my darling:
Gee I don’t know how or where to start to-night [sic]. I just got in this morning from bivouac and because of some general from the 2nd army we had to work all day to-day [sic] to get ready for an inspection infact I just got finished. I don’t know weather [sic] I’ll pass or not and I don’t care too much. Well darling I got so much I want to do and tell you that I don’t know how to begin to with I love you very much and
[page 2]
I still think your [sic] the most beautiful, wonderful gal in the world even if I haven’t said any thing [sic] about it in a long time. Gee darling I wish you were here I love you so very very much. Darling I’m going to close now I [sic] tell you in a long letter when I get time what I think of you right now if somebody said lets [sic] go over the hill I’d probably go and I guess the rest of the company would go to even the first Sgt. I love you darling and don’t forget it. I love you (As Ever)
Howard
[the following is included as a postscript]
Darling I’m not complaining about the army. I guess it because I’m tired and I miss you so much
21:30 P.M.
Hello my darling:
Gee I don’t know how or where to start to-night [sic]. I just got in this morning from bivouac and because of some general from the 2nd army we had to work all day to-day [sic] to get ready for an inspection infact I just got finished. I don’t know weather [sic] I’ll pass or not and I don’t care too much. Well darling I got so much I want to do and tell you that I don’t know how to begin to with I love you very much and
[page 2]
I still think your [sic] the most beautiful, wonderful gal in the world even if I haven’t said any thing [sic] about it in a long time. Gee darling I wish you were here I love you so very very much. Darling I’m going to close now I [sic] tell you in a long letter when I get time what I think of you right now if somebody said lets [sic] go over the hill I’d probably go and I guess the rest of the company would go to even the first Sgt. I love you darling and don’t forget it. I love you (As Ever)
Howard
[the following is included as a postscript]
Darling I’m not complaining about the army. I guess it because I’m tired and I miss you so much
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, January 30, 1944,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1202.