Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 12, 1942
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 12, 1942
Subject
Relationships During WWII
Description
Howard talks about the picture that Yvette sent him, Fort Knox, and making Yvette his wife.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L. (1919-1977)
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of Concordia College Archives
Date
1942-11-12
Contributor
Zimny, Sean (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Correpsondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1942-11-12
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Correspondences
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Hi Sweet Stuff
How are you to-day [sic]? I had that picture of you on my locker last night and I was still looking at it when I went to sleep and what a dream I had. In the dream you and I were just married and just started on our honeymoon and do you know where we ended up well it was Fort Knox of course, because just when we were getting off the train I woke up. Gee Im [sic] getting homesick again. I hope I can get a furlough soon because I think
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I’ll go nuts if I don’t. I love you [D]arling and your name will be (Mrs. Howard Sarty) just as soon as it can be arranged. I wish it was now but there I go again. I got a letter from Bette and she was telling me that it looked as if Bark and Evie (my two sister[s]) were having a race to see who would have the young one first. The weather is cold down here. [W]e have been having a little ice on the small puddles and to-morrow [sic] I got to go on a 16 mile march. [H]ow does that sound to you. Now don’t you feel sorry for me. I hope you do anyway. Darling I’m
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to go dancing every night with you when I get home and when I get a furlough I[‘m] going to dance to [sic]. Im [sic] sorry now that we didn’t go that night that I was suppose[d] to [sic]. I went to that show that you said you saw in your last letter and I thought that it was good to [sic]. I don’t know what’s the matter with me lately. I seem to be in a daze. I guess it must be love. I wish I could go home when there’s a lot of ice so we could go skating at least one day. Darling I love you and don’t
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let you tell you that I don’t. I didn’t get any letters from you to-day [sic] so I got the blues and I don’t know any answer for it. Well [H]oney I guess that[‘s] about all I have to say now. Your loving Husband
Howard
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How are you to-day [sic]? I had that picture of you on my locker last night and I was still looking at it when I went to sleep and what a dream I had. In the dream you and I were just married and just started on our honeymoon and do you know where we ended up well it was Fort Knox of course, because just when we were getting off the train I woke up. Gee Im [sic] getting homesick again. I hope I can get a furlough soon because I think
[Page 2]
I’ll go nuts if I don’t. I love you [D]arling and your name will be (Mrs. Howard Sarty) just as soon as it can be arranged. I wish it was now but there I go again. I got a letter from Bette and she was telling me that it looked as if Bark and Evie (my two sister[s]) were having a race to see who would have the young one first. The weather is cold down here. [W]e have been having a little ice on the small puddles and to-morrow [sic] I got to go on a 16 mile march. [H]ow does that sound to you. Now don’t you feel sorry for me. I hope you do anyway. Darling I’m
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to go dancing every night with you when I get home and when I get a furlough I[‘m] going to dance to [sic]. Im [sic] sorry now that we didn’t go that night that I was suppose[d] to [sic]. I went to that show that you said you saw in your last letter and I thought that it was good to [sic]. I don’t know what’s the matter with me lately. I seem to be in a daze. I guess it must be love. I wish I could go home when there’s a lot of ice so we could go skating at least one day. Darling I love you and don’t
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let you tell you that I don’t. I didn’t get any letters from you to-day [sic] so I got the blues and I don’t know any answer for it. Well [H]oney I guess that[‘s] about all I have to say now. Your loving Husband
Howard
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Sarty, Howard L. (1919-1977), “Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 12, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/674.