Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 15, 1942
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 15, 1942
Subject
Love-Letters
Description
Howard is concerned that he hasn't got a letter from Yve for 15 days. He also hopes she could send him some food.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1942-05-15
Contributor
Wayne, Brandon (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1942-05-15
Coverage
Fort Knox, Kentucky
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Correspondences
Text
Fort Knox, Kentucky
May 15, 1942
Darling Yve,
I only got one letter from you in 15 days in the army. [S]o I[‘d] like to hear from you again. [T]he letter you did send me I keep reading it over and over again. [Y]ou don’t know I good I feel when I finish reading that letter. How are you getting along with your organ lesson’s [sic] now I wish you would let me know. Yve, I miss you do you still love me[?] [T]here I go again. do I love you more every day and I miss you twice as much. [W]hen are you going to send to to send me something to eat I get hungry between meals. I’m only kidding, don’t send any thing [sic] if you don’t want to but I do like to get mail. I hope I don’t bore you with all my trouble. I think I am going to want you more and more as time goes on. I hope the war don’t [sic] last to [sic] long. I still love you I love you I love you. [W]ell its [sic] getting dark now so I will have to close. Love
Howard
[The following is written on the back of the letter]
My address is Pvt Howard L. Sarty
Co I. 49th a.i.r
8th arm’d Div.
Fort Knox KY
May 15, 1942
Darling Yve,
I only got one letter from you in 15 days in the army. [S]o I[‘d] like to hear from you again. [T]he letter you did send me I keep reading it over and over again. [Y]ou don’t know I good I feel when I finish reading that letter. How are you getting along with your organ lesson’s [sic] now I wish you would let me know. Yve, I miss you do you still love me[?] [T]here I go again. do I love you more every day and I miss you twice as much. [W]hen are you going to send to to send me something to eat I get hungry between meals. I’m only kidding, don’t send any thing [sic] if you don’t want to but I do like to get mail. I hope I don’t bore you with all my trouble. I think I am going to want you more and more as time goes on. I hope the war don’t [sic] last to [sic] long. I still love you I love you I love you. [W]ell its [sic] getting dark now so I will have to close. Love
Howard
[The following is written on the back of the letter]
My address is Pvt Howard L. Sarty
Co I. 49th a.i.r
8th arm’d Div.
Fort Knox KY
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 15, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 3, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/886.