Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 9, 1944

Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 9, 1944

Military Life

He talks about going on bivouac again. Yvette sent him a blank piece of paper because she thought he wasn't writing enough. He talks about his friend Ray who is having girl troubles. He then mentions that he was going to get a card for Yvette for Easter.

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

1944-04-09

Haekenkamp, Daniele (digitization, transcription, metadata)

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Correspondences

English

Text

1944-05-09

Camp Campbell, KY

Correspondences

Camp Campbell, Ky.

April 9, 1944


Dearest Yve.

Well as you know darling I haven’t forgotten you as yet and I don’t think I ever will. Well we did go on bivouac as I thought and we stayed there until this morning and it rained almost all the time. I just got back in time this morning to go to church. I got the letter on [G]ood [F]riday where you sent the blank peice [sic] of paper telling me to please write Honest darling I’m sorry that I’ve missed so many days without writing


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but now when we go out in the feild [sic] on bivouac we work with Combat Common [drawing?] and you never know when your [sic] to have time to write. Ray is down here with me to night [sic] and he has a little girl trouble and want[s] me to help him out. He told me the situation and I can’t help him. Its seems [sic] that his girl friend [sic] wrote to him and told him that she’s going with another guy back home and she still want[s] Ray, but Ray can’t see it that way and he wants to know what to do. Well darling guess what? We[‘]re going out on bivouac again to-morrow [sic] but


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I’m going to take my writing paper so I can write letters. Gee darling I love you so very much and how I missed you to-day [sic] was terrible. I tried to get you an Easter card but when I got back from the feild [sic] they were all sold out so I guess you have to go without one. Well darling I got to go now. You know that old saying Early to bed and Early to rise make[s] a man healthy ---- wise. Good night darling and I’ll write you when I can. I love you with all my heart. As Ever,

Howard


[The following is written as a post script]

P.S. I love you more than anything in the world.