Letter to Yvette from Howard, April 25, 1943.
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, April 25, 1943.
Subject
Homesickness, Furloughs
Description
Howard describes a dream he had that night and he was at home and woke up to disappointment. He also made note of his want for a furlough.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977.
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor).
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives.
Date
1943-04-25
Contributor
Will Kuball (digitization, metadata, transcription)
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Text
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1943-04-25
Coverage
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
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Original Format
Correspondence
Text
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
April 25, 1943
Darling:
Just received your letter and I don’t blame you for feeling the way you do about me not coming home. I feel that way to[o]. After waiting over four months and expecting a furlough and then don’t get one. Gee what I wouldn’t give to see Ozzie in the army? It must feel funny to be about the only guy in town that hadn’t been drafted. Yve has your grandmother come back from the hospital and how is she? Well to-day [sic] is Easter and I got up early and went to church. After that I came back and had
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my picture taken in my work clothes. I[‘d] send it to you if it comes out. It really is a beautiful day down here to-day but it doesn’t do me much good. I got to stay at the water park. Well darling I[‘m] still trying to get a leave to come home so I may be there be fore [sic] the war ends. It’s getting bad, Yve. For the last three nights I was dreaming that I was home and when I woke up what a [illegible deletion] disappointment. Well I give up. I still love you very much and when this war is over I’ll have to make up for the year and [sic] I spent in the army. Just think of the days I got to wake up for I was with you for thirteen days out of the whole year. That all the time I had at home or two furloughs. I wish the war was over but until then I love you more than ever. Love
Howard.
[The following was included as a postscript.]
P.S. Darling let’s get married now.
April 25, 1943
Darling:
Just received your letter and I don’t blame you for feeling the way you do about me not coming home. I feel that way to[o]. After waiting over four months and expecting a furlough and then don’t get one. Gee what I wouldn’t give to see Ozzie in the army? It must feel funny to be about the only guy in town that hadn’t been drafted. Yve has your grandmother come back from the hospital and how is she? Well to-day [sic] is Easter and I got up early and went to church. After that I came back and had
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my picture taken in my work clothes. I[‘d] send it to you if it comes out. It really is a beautiful day down here to-day but it doesn’t do me much good. I got to stay at the water park. Well darling I[‘m] still trying to get a leave to come home so I may be there be fore [sic] the war ends. It’s getting bad, Yve. For the last three nights I was dreaming that I was home and when I woke up what a [illegible deletion] disappointment. Well I give up. I still love you very much and when this war is over I’ll have to make up for the year and [sic] I spent in the army. Just think of the days I got to wake up for I was with you for thirteen days out of the whole year. That all the time I had at home or two furloughs. I wish the war was over but until then I love you more than ever. Love
Howard.
[The following was included as a postscript.]
P.S. Darling let’s get married now.
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Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977., “Letter to Yvette from Howard, April 25, 1943.,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 9, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1222.