Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 1, 1944

Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 1, 1944

Military life, Love letters

Howard tells Yvette that he passed the inspection and he can now go on bivouac. He also tells Yvette to not overwork herself. Howard says he was asked to eat supper with his boss however Howard wishes it was with her.

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

1944-10-01

Miller, Christine (digitization, transcription, metadata)

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Correspondences

English

Text

1944-10-01

Tennessee

Correspondences

[Tennessee, somewhere near Nashville]
Sept. 31, 1944
[Oct. 1, 1944]
18:30 P.M.
Hello darling,
Well I passed the inspection alright and now I [am] ready for the bivouac which will last for about a week. Darling the only reason I haven’t said anything about me being hungry and wanting you to send me anything is because I don’t want you to work all the time. I love you darling you see so I don’t want you to over work. My boss asked me out for a chicken dinner and

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I guess I’ll take him up on it because we very seldom get home cooked meal[s] down here. But darling I’d rather be eating a chicken dinner with you though but you can’t have the impossible. I hope this war ends by this summer but I doubt it very much. I love you so much and I want you. I got to go now if I’m going to eat. Good night for now darling and take care of your self [sic] darling. As Ever,

Howard

[The following was included as a postscript]

P.S. I Love You.