Monthly Archives: November 2013

Letter Home – November 2, 1943

Posted on November 2, 2013 by John

Dear Mother & Dad, I have a few clippings to send you and also I haven’t answered your questions in your letters for about three months so I will catch up now.  The letters date Aug. 14, 17, 25, 27, … Continue reading →

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Nov 2, 1943 – Tuesday

Posted on November 2, 2013 by John

What a night, shells coming and shells going all night long.  You couldn’t get any sleep at all.  Also a German patrol came up so close that you could hear them talking.  One of the fellows took a pot shot … Continue reading →

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Chick Bruns featured as ‘Home Town Hero’ on WCIA, Champaign, IL

Posted on November 1, 2013 by John
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Nov 1, 1943 – Monday

Posted on November 1, 2013 by John

We took our clothes over to get them washed.  Boy we had a pile of them.  Got them all washed for six cans of “C” ration.  We moved right after dinner, and what an area.  We are completely surrounded by … Continue reading →

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