Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 11, 1944

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Title

Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 11, 1944

Subject

Military Life

Description

Howard talks about his daily life. There are more guys who are going on furloughs so he is wondering when he will get his.

Creator

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Source

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Publisher

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

Date

1944-05-11

Contributor

Haekenkamp, Daniele (digitization, transcription, metadata)

Format

Correspondences

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

1944-05-11

Coverage

Camp Campbell, KY

Document Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Correspondences

Text


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

May 11, 1944

10:30 P.M.


Hi Kid

Well how’s everything to day [sic]? I just about dead [sic] to-night [sic] so I’m going to bed shortly. Darling I love you and outside of that nothing new has happened. I made my usual trip to town to-day [sic] and came back only to go out in the feild [sic] and I didn’t get back until nine o’clock to-night [sic]. Well darling I got to go to town to morrow [sic] and a couple of guys that are getting furloughs want me to get their trip ticket so I guess


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I’ll get it for them. I only hope that I’ll be able to buy my own before long. I really got to go now because my eyes are closing on me. I love you with all my heart and darling please wait for me. I love you. As Ever

Howard

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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 11, 1944,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed May 3, 2024, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/908.