Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 1, 1944
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 1, 1944
Subject
Christmas in the Military
Description
Howard tells Yvette about life for him in the military and questions her on what she wants for Christmas
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen
Publisher
Courtesy of Concordia College Archives
Date
1944-12-01
Contributor
Wibel, Maret (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
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Correspondences
Text
Dec. 1, 1944
9:30 P.M.
Dearest darling and wife + no kids,
Well here I am again just so happy as every but I got a few things on my mind. First what do you want for christmas [sic] and second is what to get my folks for christmas [sic] that has me stumped. I don’t know what to send Bill but I’ll think of something I hope. Well darling I did something new to-night I had supper at the service club no. 4 tonight and then I went to see Ray at the hospital. He was operated on yesterday and will probably have to stay another week or 10 days in there. He says he feels ok but can’t talk
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much. He says he [sic] getting a good rest and a chance to catch up on his letter writing and reading. Well darling it [sic] colder than - here. We had ice on the puddles in front of the barracks for two days now without melting so when you decide to come down bring you [sic] heavy clothes and you won’t be too cold.. Darling I miss you so and I want you to be here with me but I just don’t know whats [sic] going to happen. Makine won’t be down for christmas [sic] as she said in a letter to Ray. Well I guess I’ll close now I love you I love you I love you more. As Ever
Howard
[The following is included as a post script]
P.S. I love you more every day
9:30 P.M.
Dearest darling and wife + no kids,
Well here I am again just so happy as every but I got a few things on my mind. First what do you want for christmas [sic] and second is what to get my folks for christmas [sic] that has me stumped. I don’t know what to send Bill but I’ll think of something I hope. Well darling I did something new to-night I had supper at the service club no. 4 tonight and then I went to see Ray at the hospital. He was operated on yesterday and will probably have to stay another week or 10 days in there. He says he feels ok but can’t talk
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much. He says he [sic] getting a good rest and a chance to catch up on his letter writing and reading. Well darling it [sic] colder than - here. We had ice on the puddles in front of the barracks for two days now without melting so when you decide to come down bring you [sic] heavy clothes and you won’t be too cold.. Darling I miss you so and I want you to be here with me but I just don’t know whats [sic] going to happen. Makine won’t be down for christmas [sic] as she said in a letter to Ray. Well I guess I’ll close now I love you I love you I love you more. As Ever
Howard
[The following is included as a post script]
P.S. I love you more every day
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, December 1, 1944,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed April 30, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/735.