Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 30, 1944

Letter from Howard to Yvette, April 30, 1944

Military Life

Howard went to see his boss in the hospital. Tomorrow the soldiers will go into their summer uniforms. He talks about how he will take the expert infantry test but he doesn't know if he can pass it. Today is the last day of his second year on the army.

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

1944-04-30

Haekenkamp, Daniele (digitization, transcription, metadata)

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Correspondences

English

Text

1944-04-30

Camp Campbell, KY

Correspondences

[The following is written on Official United States Army stationary]

Camp Campbell, Ky.

April 30, 1944


Hello darling,

Well it’s Sunday again and its [sic] raining and I’m so darn lonesome when I get a day off. I went to the hospital from two to four to see Jack Hamline (my boss). He’s got some kind of back trouble and he got to stay in bed for a while. Well darling I got to put my wool clothes away for another seven months because to morrow [sic] we go into summer uniforms which I don’t think look as well but its [sic] will


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be a change anyway. By the way darling I guess we’ll be quite busy because to morrow [sic] we’re getting about one hundred + seventy new men to train for about seven weeks so that means I’ll be in Campbell another seven weeks anyway. To morrow [sic] we got to go out and try to pass the expert infantry test there [sic] giving if we pass we get the expert infantry medal. I don’t know if I can pass it though. Gee darling I love you so darn much. I want to go home to see you and I’m getting so darn tired of this life. Darling I really do love you. As Ever

Howard


[The following is written as a post script]

P.S. This is the last day of my second year in the army. To morrow [sic] I start my third.