Letter to Yvette from Howard, February 27, 1944
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, February 27, 1944
Subject
Military Life, Love Letter
Description
Howard told Yvette about how his boss only ever talks about his daughter.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1944-02-27
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
1944-02-27
Coverage
Camp Campbell, KY
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Correspondences
Text
Feb. 27, 1944
Camp Campbell Ky [Kentucky]
Yvette darling,
I wish you knew how much I miss you. I love you so much that I don’t think I can live much longer with out [sic] you. Darling you know my boss has a little daughter that is named Judy and he’s about as happy as any man can be and still be in the army. I was with him today and all he can talk about is Judy and by the way those names you’ve [sic] are having such a hard
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time deciding upon for our little girl (if its [sic] a girl) well I like them all, but she can’t have them all can she? Guess what darling I don’t have to be out in the feild [sic] all this week but theres a catch to it we got to see about income tax and get our equipment all fixed up such as turn in all worn out clothing shoes and get some new one’s and I sure need some. Darling I’m going to write Janet to morrow [sic] if possib posible [sic] so I didn’t forget her. Darling I’m going to be mad if I ever see you write that you have had doubts about me wanting to marry you because I love you and want to marry you more than anything else in the world. As Ever
Howard
Camp Campbell Ky [Kentucky]
Yvette darling,
I wish you knew how much I miss you. I love you so much that I don’t think I can live much longer with out [sic] you. Darling you know my boss has a little daughter that is named Judy and he’s about as happy as any man can be and still be in the army. I was with him today and all he can talk about is Judy and by the way those names you’ve [sic] are having such a hard
[page 2]
time deciding upon for our little girl (if its [sic] a girl) well I like them all, but she can’t have them all can she? Guess what darling I don’t have to be out in the feild [sic] all this week but theres a catch to it we got to see about income tax and get our equipment all fixed up such as turn in all worn out clothing shoes and get some new one’s and I sure need some. Darling I’m going to write Janet to morrow [sic] if possib posible [sic] so I didn’t forget her. Darling I’m going to be mad if I ever see you write that you have had doubts about me wanting to marry you because I love you and want to marry you more than anything else in the world. As Ever
Howard
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, February 27, 1944,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 19, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1215.