Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 30, 1942
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 30, 1942
Subject
Military life
Description
Yvette is frustrated at Howard because he hasn't been writing as much as she would like. He has been busy. He is likely to ship over any day now.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1942-09-30
Contributor
Wayne, Brandon (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1942-09-30
Coverage
Fort Knox, Kentucky
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Original Format
Correspondences
Text
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Sept 30, 1942
Yvette Darling
I love you. You said in your letter that my mother got at least 3 letters a week. I only wrote her 2 letters since I got my furlough. You know darling that I love you and would write you if I ever can get time. [A]s for Sunday’s last week I had guard and I could’nt [sic] write and as for going out I haven’t had any money to out on. Darling money does’nt [sic] grow on trees down here. Yve if you want to go out you can but I won’t like it too much. Gee darling I don’t know. I don’t know what to do. I’m likely to go across any day it’s worse than to be waiting to be called in the draft. I’m going to call you up Sat. night around 12 P.M if I can get to a telefone phone.
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Darling I wish I could go home but I asked if I could get an other [sic] leave but it was no use. I’m sorry if you don’t feel very good but I can’t do much about that darling. If I could you know I would. They took five more of the boys to-day [sic] to ship. Honest darling I love you if I did’nt [sic] I would’nt [sic] tell you. I not the one to lie about a thing like that at times like this. Don’t tell my mother that I’m likely to ship out of here until I tell you. I love you and I hope that you will wait for me darling. Darling I need you so much that I don’t know what I do with out [sic] you. If I thought you did’nt [sic] love me I’d [illegible deleetion] go across tom-morrow and I would’nt [sic] care weather [sic] I came back or not. I love you darling and until I see you again keep loving me as I love you. Love
Howard
[The following is written in postscript]
P.S. (sorry no P.S.)
Sept 30, 1942
Yvette Darling
I love you. You said in your letter that my mother got at least 3 letters a week. I only wrote her 2 letters since I got my furlough. You know darling that I love you and would write you if I ever can get time. [A]s for Sunday’s last week I had guard and I could’nt [sic] write and as for going out I haven’t had any money to out on. Darling money does’nt [sic] grow on trees down here. Yve if you want to go out you can but I won’t like it too much. Gee darling I don’t know. I don’t know what to do. I’m likely to go across any day it’s worse than to be waiting to be called in the draft. I’m going to call you up Sat. night around 12 P.M if I can get to a telefone phone.
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Darling I wish I could go home but I asked if I could get an other [sic] leave but it was no use. I’m sorry if you don’t feel very good but I can’t do much about that darling. If I could you know I would. They took five more of the boys to-day [sic] to ship. Honest darling I love you if I did’nt [sic] I would’nt [sic] tell you. I not the one to lie about a thing like that at times like this. Don’t tell my mother that I’m likely to ship out of here until I tell you. I love you and I hope that you will wait for me darling. Darling I need you so much that I don’t know what I do with out [sic] you. If I thought you did’nt [sic] love me I’d [illegible deleetion] go across tom-morrow and I would’nt [sic] care weather [sic] I came back or not. I love you darling and until I see you again keep loving me as I love you. Love
Howard
[The following is written in postscript]
P.S. (sorry no P.S.)
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, September 30, 1942,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed October 16, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/970.