Your Son, ‘Chick’
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Letter home – June 13, 1943
Dear Mother & Dad; I have just came home from mass, so I thought I had better drop you a line while lying in the mood. It gets pretty hot here in the daytime and you don’t feel like doing … Continue reading
June 13, 1943 – Sunday
We have the day off and I didn’t get up until 7:00 AM. I went to 9 AM mass and came home to write a few letters. I laid around out in the sun all afternoon and got a good … Continue reading
June 12, 1943 – Saturday
We drilled all morning and then had inspection. I wrote few letters and took a little nap in the afternoon. Some of the fellows went to town on pass I think I will go next week. We went on a … Continue reading
June 11, 1943 – Friday
Well the hours we work are from 6:15am to 10:00am and from 5:30 to 9:00 PM. That way we get out of the heat of the day. He trained all morning and I slept until chow time. We then had … Continue reading
Letter home – June 10, 1943
Dear Mother & Dad; It has been some time since I have written to you, but you’ll have to expect it from now one. You don’t know one day from the next, of what you are going to do. I … Continue reading
June 10, 1943 – Thursday
We unloaded the supply room this morning and just laid around the rest of the day doing nothing. It is plenty hot and they are going to change the working hours. Took a bath and went to bed.
June 9, 1943 – Wednesday
We left at 7:15 AM this morning and really had a rugged ride. It was very hot and dusty. We came back to Bizerte a different route than we left it and I didn’t enjoy it much for the dust. … Continue reading
June 8, 1943 – Tuesday
We started loading everything up this morning and now we have everything ready to leave in the morning. We spent the rest of the day playing cards. I did a little washing and everything I have is clean now. We … Continue reading
June 7, 1943 – Monday
We are going to move Wednesday morning early so there is not much to do today. I did my laundry this morning and went down to the Bn. Supply after a few things. Melgard and I played some cribbage and … Continue reading
June 6, 1943 – Sunday
Just laid around until church time and then went to mass. Played cards until we went swimming. Had a lot of fun and the waves were coming in well. Played a little more cards and then went to bed.
