Letter from Yvette from Howard, October 5, 1943

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Title

Letter from Yvette from Howard, October 5, 1943

Subject

Military life

Description

Howard wrote a short letter after returning from the field.

Creator

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Source

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Publisher

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

Date

1943-10-05

Contributor

Probst, Jacob (digitization, transcription, metadata)

Format

Correspondences

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

1943-10-05

Coverage

Camp Campbell, KY

Document Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Correspondences

Text

Camp Campbell Ky. [Kentucky]
Oct. 5,1943
Hello darling [sic],
I’m just going to write you a few lines to let you know that I’m still alive and thin thinking of you all the time. Darling I love you so very much that I don’t know what I’d do without your letters every-day [sic]. Well darling I just came in from the feild [sic]. we stayed out there until eleven to night [sic].

[page 2]

We left Friday night at six o’clock and I’m telling you I’m tired. I let you know more about it tomorrow. Well Right now I’m going to bed. Darling I love you and keep think[ing] of me. Yours Always

Howard

[the following is included as a postscript]

I know its [sic] short but it [sic] something anyhow I love you so much I couldn’t sleep with out [sic] writing something.

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Citation

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter from Yvette from Howard, October 5, 1943,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/817.