Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 31, 1942
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 31, 1942
Subject
Military Relationships
Description
Howard talks about his own and his buddy Sandy's birthday, and hoping he'll go to Pine Camp N.Y.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L. (1919-1977)
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of Concordia College Archives
Date
1942-10-31
Contributor
Zimny, Sean (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
1942-10-31
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Correspondences
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Hi Darling,
How are you to-day [sic]? I feel pretty good. I could just get back home for another week I would be fine. I got a fine detail for all day to-day [sic] until Sunday morn. I got to stay over in the day room and answer all the tel. calls ain’t that a nice way to spend Sat. night. Well honey I been pretty busy trying to get ahead in this army but I guess I have to try a little harder. I asked the Company Commander for a three day pass because My buddy
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Sandy and my birthday come six days apart and he want[s] me to go out and have a little fun. His birthday is Nov. 16. I don’t know if I get it yet but I tried. For life in the Army is shure [sic] dull just think I’ve been in the army 6 months to morrow [sic] and still a private, but the day isn’t very far off when you will be addressing me Sgt. instead. My name has allready [sic] gone in for it so in about two weeks I ought to have it. I’m moving out before Christmas so I didn’t think I’ll be home for that day unless I get station[ed] near home. I hope I go to Pine Camp N.Y. because that is where some of
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[the] boys are going. Wouldn’t that be nice then you couldn’t have any excuse to not to come and see me. I love you and I hope you still love me. Well that[‘s] all the news up to to day [sic] so until we meet again lot’s of love. Love you
Howard
[The following is written on the back of Page 3]
Don’t Call Me Sgt. Yet.
How are you to-day [sic]? I feel pretty good. I could just get back home for another week I would be fine. I got a fine detail for all day to-day [sic] until Sunday morn. I got to stay over in the day room and answer all the tel. calls ain’t that a nice way to spend Sat. night. Well honey I been pretty busy trying to get ahead in this army but I guess I have to try a little harder. I asked the Company Commander for a three day pass because My buddy
[Page 2]
Sandy and my birthday come six days apart and he want[s] me to go out and have a little fun. His birthday is Nov. 16. I don’t know if I get it yet but I tried. For life in the Army is shure [sic] dull just think I’ve been in the army 6 months to morrow [sic] and still a private, but the day isn’t very far off when you will be addressing me Sgt. instead. My name has allready [sic] gone in for it so in about two weeks I ought to have it. I’m moving out before Christmas so I didn’t think I’ll be home for that day unless I get station[ed] near home. I hope I go to Pine Camp N.Y. because that is where some of
[Page 3]
[the] boys are going. Wouldn’t that be nice then you couldn’t have any excuse to not to come and see me. I love you and I hope you still love me. Well that[‘s] all the news up to to day [sic] so until we meet again lot’s of love. Love you
Howard
[The following is written on the back of Page 3]
Don’t Call Me Sgt. Yet.
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Sarty, Howard L. (1919-1977), “Letter to Yvette from Howard, October 31, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/670.