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Letter from Howard to Yvette, December 16, 1944
Dec. 16, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Dear Yvette,
Well I got two nice letters from you to day which makes me feel a lot better. If you want me to I’ll go in town and check on that reservation at the hotel. I just can’t wait until you come down though. You…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 1, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
June 1, 1944
11:50 P.M.
Hello beautiful;
How are you to-night [sic]? I went for my instructions again to-night [sic] and the chaplain is still waiting for the form…
Tags: family, furlough, instruction, letter
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 2, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
June 2, 1944
10:30 P.M.
Dearest darling,
Did I ever tell you how much I love you? Well I love you so much that even if I had a hundred years to tell you how much I…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 25, 1944
June 25, 1944
2:30 P.M.
Hi Mummy,
I love you so much darling and I even miss you more. Well I’m back in camp again and I wish I had stayed with you. I got back about four thirty this morning and was I tired. Well I feel good now though…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 26, 1944
June 26, 1944
8:30 P.M.
Hello daring,
It’s me again and I’m still pealing [sic] from that sunburn I got at the beach but I don’t mind because it make[s] me think of you more and gee darling I miss you. Darling I am sending you a copy of…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 27, 1944
June 27, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Hello darling
Well its [sic] me again and I’m even still more lonesome. Well that bivouac we took this morning wasn’t exactly what you call a bivouac. Here I am at Mammoth Caves. We’re bivouacking about two miles…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 28, 1944
June 28, 1944
9:30 P.M.
Dearest Yve.
I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and you just couldn’t know how much more I love you. It seem[s] like a year since I got a letter from you and here it’s only been five days since I left you in…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 4, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
June 4, 1944
Hello darling,
In about one week I’ll be home and it seem[s] to[o] long to wait. Darling I love you so very much but some times [sic] you don’t seem to…
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 4, 1944
[The following is written on official United States Army stationary]
June 4, 1944
11:00 P.M.
Hello darling,
Gee darling I don’t know what we can get Paslins + Warren [?], I wish I could see you for just a little while. You seem so…
Tags: blood type, chaplain, homesick, marriage
Letter from Howard to Yvette, June 5, 1944 10:00 AM
June 5, 1944
10:00 A.M.
Dear Yve;
This is just going to be a little note. I’m sending my blood test with it and I guess I’m O.K. It seemed as if I went to everybody in the general hospital’s staff to get it signed. Gee darling I love you…
Tags: blood type, chaplain
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