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Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 29, 1943
Camp Campbell, Ky. [Kentucky]
Nov. 28, 1943
Dear Yve:
Haven’t heard from you for a long time,. What the matter? Gee I miss you about twice or maybe a lot more time as much when I don’t hear from you. I guess the Christmas mail is kind of holding…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 29, 1942
Hello Darling:
What are you doing? I haven’t heard from you lately. I got the box of cherries late lasts night and they were good. Honey the radio is playing (I [J]ust Kissed [Y]our [P]icture [G]oodnight) and Gee [D]arling I’m lonely to-night [sic].…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 28, 1945
Nov. 28, 1945
Wednesday
Dearest Yve.,
Well honey my moral [sic] is getting higher all the time with two letters from you today. Don’t worry about me reenlisting because I won’t and nobody better not try to make me. Gee darling I love you so…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 28, 1944
Nov. 28, 1944
9:00 P.M.
Dear Yve,
Well how are you to-night [sic] ? I miss you so darn much that it [sic] terrible. I wish I could see you to night [sic]. I got a letter to day [sic] that you wrote thanksgiving [sic] and you ought to be spanked…
Tags: Military life
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 27, 1945
Nov. 27, 1945
Tuesday
Dear Yve.,
Its [sic] only me again and I love you more than ever. Honest darling its [sic] getting worse all the time and I mean it to [sic]. I don’t feel like even working anymore. Gee darling I wish I was home again. …
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 27, 1944
Nov. 27, 1944
7:30 P.M.
Dear Yve,
Well darling I got the package today with the watch and the brownies and the brownies are really good, I wound the watch and it seems to be keeping good time so far so I hope it is o.k. Well darling you know Ray…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 27, 1942
Darling:
How are you to-day [sic] after the big holiday? I bet pretty good taking every thing [sic] into consideration. I went to the show last night and saw Seven [D]ays [L]eave with a few of the boys. [T]hat was the best part of the day. Don’t…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 26, 1945
Nov. 26, 1945
Monday
Dear Yve.,
Hows [sic] my little girlfriend wife to night [sic]? I love you like everything and more than that to [sic]. I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t get those nice letters from you every day. I think your [sic] the…
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 26, 1944
Nov. 26, 1944
Afternoon
Dearest Mushy Mush,
We’re having some terrible weather down here lately. Its [sic] been raining for the past three or four day [sic] and it makes me so lonesome. I got a nice letter from you to day [sic] which helped a lot…
Tags: Homesickness
Letter to Yvette from Howard, November 26, 1942 (2)
Hi Honey
Well here I am again. Yesterday I had K.P. and about five o’clock last night they told us that Thanksgiving would be a regular work day nwo ain’t [sic] that something. Here I planned to go and have a good dinner and I got to work all day…
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Postcard of Nurse Axness and the first patients at the Concordia College hospital, circa 1910
Postcard of Nurse Axness and the first patients, probably ailed by scarlet fever, at the Concordia College hospital, circa 1910