Letter to Yvette from Howard, August 29, 1943.
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, August 29, 1943.
Subject
Friends, Morale
Description
Howard tells Yve that he is in high spirits today after he showered and went to church. He also wants to hang with friends later in the day.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977.
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor).
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives.
Date
1943-08-29
Contributor
Will Kuball (digitization, metadata, transcription)
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1943-08-29
Coverage
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
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Correspondence
Text
Camp Campbell, Kentucky
August 29, 1943
Sunday.
Hello Honey:
I’m writing you now just in case I won’t have time later. Tell Jil that she’s just a big baby and I mean it to. You know darling Norman never even mention Vi in his letter to me. Is there something wrong? Before he always used to say some-thing [sic] about Vi and I was just wondering. Darling when are we going to get married? It seems so long to wait until I get another furlough.
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Well darling I went to chores this morning and I feel good to-day [sic]. I don’t know what it is but when I got to church it make[s] me feel as though I’m near you but when I get out it makes me home sick [sic]. Gee darling I love you so very much that I can’t do anything without thinking of you and I know how you’ll miss Susanne because I was growing kind of fond of her myself. I don’t know what it is but kids like that grow on me.
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Well darling I haven’t been any place since I’ve been back here but I seem to have a different feeling for th army. I feel that this time that maybe the war will be over soon and then I wouldn’t have to leave you again. Darling if I have to leave you two or three more times I couldn’t take it. Darling I got a chance to go to Dunbar Caves swimming. May I go darling? I promise that I won’t do any thing [sic] wrong. I won’t even drink
[Page 4]
a glass of beer. And you know that any other girl is out of the question and if you don’t know it I’m telling you now. Well darling I [am] going to say good night [sic] to you and may God keep you for me only. I love you very very much. As always
Howard.
[The following was written as a postscript.]
P.S. Do you still love me?
August 29, 1943
Sunday.
Hello Honey:
I’m writing you now just in case I won’t have time later. Tell Jil that she’s just a big baby and I mean it to. You know darling Norman never even mention Vi in his letter to me. Is there something wrong? Before he always used to say some-thing [sic] about Vi and I was just wondering. Darling when are we going to get married? It seems so long to wait until I get another furlough.
[Page 2]
Well darling I went to chores this morning and I feel good to-day [sic]. I don’t know what it is but when I got to church it make[s] me feel as though I’m near you but when I get out it makes me home sick [sic]. Gee darling I love you so very much that I can’t do anything without thinking of you and I know how you’ll miss Susanne because I was growing kind of fond of her myself. I don’t know what it is but kids like that grow on me.
[Page 3]
Well darling I haven’t been any place since I’ve been back here but I seem to have a different feeling for th army. I feel that this time that maybe the war will be over soon and then I wouldn’t have to leave you again. Darling if I have to leave you two or three more times I couldn’t take it. Darling I got a chance to go to Dunbar Caves swimming. May I go darling? I promise that I won’t do any thing [sic] wrong. I won’t even drink
[Page 4]
a glass of beer. And you know that any other girl is out of the question and if you don’t know it I’m telling you now. Well darling I [am] going to say good night [sic] to you and may God keep you for me only. I love you very very much. As always
Howard.
[The following was written as a postscript.]
P.S. Do you still love me?
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Sarty, Howard L. 1919-1977., “Letter to Yvette from Howard, August 29, 1943.,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed April 27, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/1265.