Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 5, 1944

Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 5, 1944

Military Life

He first mentions a movie he saw before her. Then he talks about how cold the weather but yet the soldiers would soon be putting on their summer uniforms. He continues by talking about the Rocket Launcher he fired.

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

1944-04-05

Haekenkamp, Daniele (digitization, transcription, metadata)

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Correspondences

English

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1944-04-05

Camp Campbell, KY

Correspondences

Camp Campbell, Ky.

April 5, 1944


Hello darling:

I got another letter from you to day [sic] and you said you saw Jane Eyre, well I saw it about two months before you. I’ll admit it was very different. Well anyway it [is] a different kind of day to day [sic]. You’d almost think you were at the[N]orth [P]ole it’s so darn cold here and then they tell us that we shed our OD and put on summer uniforms the 16th of this month, personally I think there [sic] crazy but the army knows best. (I hope). As for to morrow [sic] I got


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to go out to the range and fire the Rocket Launcher. You probably won’t know what it is but just the same I’m going to fire it. Then I guess we’re going on bivouac don’t you like that word. Well darling there[‘s] nothing else new at this time so I guess I’ll say good night. I love you very much darling and I hope I’ll be able to go home and stay pretty soon so keep loving me a little. I love you enough now for the both of us. As Ever,
Howard