Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 30, 1945
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Title
Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 30, 1945
Description
Howard says he has never been to England, but he wishes he were there because he might be closer to going home soon. He also talks about being very lonely and about how nothing new has happened.
Creator
Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977
Source
Harvey, Gretchen (donor)
Publisher
Courtesy of the Concordia College Archives
Date
1945-05-30
Contributor
Tommerdahl, Maria (digitization, transcription, metadata)
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
Format
Correspondences
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
1945-05-30
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Correspondences
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Laufen, Germany
May 30, 1945
Hello darling,
I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and its [sic] a big mistake because I never been to England and didn’t get near a mike, so how could people hear me. I wish I was in England thou [sic] because then maybe I’d get a chance to go home in the near future as it is now everything is so uncertain you don’t know what to do. I miss you so darn much and gee I wish I could see you even if it was only for a little while.
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Darling I’m so darn lonely that I don’t know. It don’t seem right that we should be separated this long. I’m ready to go home now why don’t they let me? Well darling nothing [illegible deletion] new is [illegible deletion] happening just the same old thing guard. I [sic] getting tired of that. I’ve got to leave now. I might have time later to day [sic] and if I do I’ll write but I got to go to Headquarters now with [illegible] Eshleman so for now darling I love you so very very much. As Ever,
Howard
[The following is written as a postscript.]
P.S. I love you more than that.
May 30, 1945
Hello darling,
I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and its [sic] a big mistake because I never been to England and didn’t get near a mike, so how could people hear me. I wish I was in England thou [sic] because then maybe I’d get a chance to go home in the near future as it is now everything is so uncertain you don’t know what to do. I miss you so darn much and gee I wish I could see you even if it was only for a little while.
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Darling I’m so darn lonely that I don’t know. It don’t seem right that we should be separated this long. I’m ready to go home now why don’t they let me? Well darling nothing [illegible deletion] new is [illegible deletion] happening just the same old thing guard. I [sic] getting tired of that. I’ve got to leave now. I might have time later to day [sic] and if I do I’ll write but I got to go to Headquarters now with [illegible] Eshleman so for now darling I love you so very very much. As Ever,
Howard
[The following is written as a postscript.]
P.S. I love you more than that.
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Sarty, Howard L., 1919-1977, “Letter to Yvette from Howard, May 30, 1945,” Concordia Memory Project, accessed November 1, 2026, https://concordiamemoryproject.concordiacollegearchives.org/items/show/989.