Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 24, 1943.
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 24, 1943.
Subject
Anger, Sadness
Description
Howard describes his disdain for army life because it is very grueling and difficult and he does not get to see Yve.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977.
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor).
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives.
Date
1943-06-24
Contributor
Will Kuball (digitization, metadata, transcription)
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Correspondence
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1943-06-24
Coverage
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
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Correspondence
Text
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 24, 1943
Hi Yve:
Well I [am] alright so far as I know. I’m still five feet ten inches tall, got brown hair and eyes and weigh about 158 striped. I’m not exactly satisfied with the army and I think it’s mostly because they refused to give me a furlough when I wanted one most. The twentieth division opened the new field house up last night with a dance and floor who and we all had to go or get put on detail so I went. The floor show was good and I’m glad I went, so for the dancing part it was ok [sic]. I can say this much for the regement [sic] that they [illegible deletion] really went out of the wat to get us some dancing partners. They went to Dixon Town that about 60 miles away and then they went to Bowlings. That[‘s] a long way from camp to and
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they really got some nice dances. I had a couple of dance and I had a good time as could be expected with out [sic] you. Well when I got back to go to bed I couldn’t sleep at all. Last night I kept thinking that you didn’t love me anymore and I knew differently. Darling you should of [sic] been here last night everything would of [sic] [been] perfect. Even the band was good. Well most of the guys that played in teh band came from Calif. [California] from some night club. Well darling don’t worry about me. I still [had] a good day and I still love you more than anything in the world and as for anybody else I wouldn’t go out with them. Darling. I love you. Lot of love
Howard.
[The following was written as a postscript.]
P.S. Yve darling, I’m still a clerk in the office.
June 24, 1943
Hi Yve:
Well I [am] alright so far as I know. I’m still five feet ten inches tall, got brown hair and eyes and weigh about 158 striped. I’m not exactly satisfied with the army and I think it’s mostly because they refused to give me a furlough when I wanted one most. The twentieth division opened the new field house up last night with a dance and floor who and we all had to go or get put on detail so I went. The floor show was good and I’m glad I went, so for the dancing part it was ok [sic]. I can say this much for the regement [sic] that they [illegible deletion] really went out of the wat to get us some dancing partners. They went to Dixon Town that about 60 miles away and then they went to Bowlings. That[‘s] a long way from camp to and
[Page 2]
they really got some nice dances. I had a couple of dance and I had a good time as could be expected with out [sic] you. Well when I got back to go to bed I couldn’t sleep at all. Last night I kept thinking that you didn’t love me anymore and I knew differently. Darling you should of [sic] been here last night everything would of [sic] [been] perfect. Even the band was good. Well most of the guys that played in teh band came from Calif. [California] from some night club. Well darling don’t worry about me. I still [had] a good day and I still love you more than anything in the world and as for anybody else I wouldn’t go out with them. Darling. I love you. Lot of love
Howard.
[The following was written as a postscript.]
P.S. Yve darling, I’m still a clerk in the office.
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Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977., “Letter to Yvette from Howard, June 24, 1943.,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed April 30, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1247.