Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 17, 1944

Letter from Howard to Yvette, May 17, 1944

Military Life

Howard talks about his first instruction with the chaplain. He is trying to get the sergeant to get his furlough for the middle of June. The chaplain approves of their marriage but Howard expresses his nervousness about Yvette's father.

Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977

Harvey, Gretchen (donor)

Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives

1944-05-17

Haekenkamp, Daniele (digitization, transcription, metadata)

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Correspondences

English

Text

1944-05-17

Camp Campbell, KY

Correspondences

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

May 17, 1944

10:30 P.M.


Hi Shorty

Darling I still love you even if you are a tiny thing. I went for my first instruction to-night [sic] and we had a nice long talk. He told me that before I go on furlough he was going to give me a letter stating that I had the instructions. Now all I got to do is to make the first sergeant set a date about the middle of June for my furlough. [B]y the way I got to go twice next week so far


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Gee darling I love you so darn much I don’t know if I can wait. Darling even the chaplain asked about you. He asked me if it was a rush up afair [sic] and I told him how long we were going together and he said (its [sic] about time). Well darling I’m going to say good night now but there[‘s] one more thing I’m scared about and its [sic] your Pop. Oh well. I[‘m] [?] getting pretty brave now. I love you and want you. As Ever


Howard


[The following is written as a post script]

P.S. How’s your grandmother these days?