Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 1942
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 1942
Subject
Military Life
Military Training
Description
Howard says there isn't much to do around there. They are required to listen to the news everyday and there is no point in reading the funnies. He had a dream about Yvette and him getting married.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1942-05
Contributor
Wayne, Brandon (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1942-05
Coverage
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Correspondences
Text
Fort Knox, Kentucky
No date
Darling Yve,
I am getting quite a lot of mail I just got two more letters from you and one from my mother. Why don’t you go out and have a good time don’t do like me. I go to bed at 9 o’clock every night. There isn’t much to do down here and I don’t feel like doing much anyhow. I get in from a hike and get washed up and eat and I feel like going
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to bed. To-day [sic] I just got my field pack and I will use it next week. I love you keep sending letters. I don’t bother to by [sic] the paper because down here we are required to listen to the news every noon [illegible deletion] and there is no sense in reading the funnies. I must be growing up huh? I love you. Yes I will be glad to go back home so I can put my [illegible word]. I [illegible deletion] had a dream about you last night an[d] in the dream we were married and lived together in a little house all by our self [sic]. Yes, I love you more than you know and don’t worry about me getting your letters because i am getting them. Love
Howard
[The following is written in postscript]
P.s. I love you XXXXX
No date
Darling Yve,
I am getting quite a lot of mail I just got two more letters from you and one from my mother. Why don’t you go out and have a good time don’t do like me. I go to bed at 9 o’clock every night. There isn’t much to do down here and I don’t feel like doing much anyhow. I get in from a hike and get washed up and eat and I feel like going
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to bed. To-day [sic] I just got my field pack and I will use it next week. I love you keep sending letters. I don’t bother to by [sic] the paper because down here we are required to listen to the news every noon [illegible deletion] and there is no sense in reading the funnies. I must be growing up huh? I love you. Yes I will be glad to go back home so I can put my [illegible word]. I [illegible deletion] had a dream about you last night an[d] in the dream we were married and lived together in a little house all by our self [sic]. Yes, I love you more than you know and don’t worry about me getting your letters because i am getting them. Love
Howard
[The following is written in postscript]
P.s. I love you XXXXX
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Citation
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 13, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/891.