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Letter home – May 7, 1943
Dear Mother & Dad; I bet you have sure been sweating out a letter from me. Well right now you can’t expect too here too much from me. I am pretty busy and I have little time to write to … Continue reading
May 7, 1943 – Friday
We unloaded the supply truck today and looked it over. We are in Reserve right now but should get the call to go up to the front at anytime now. We are back as a Battalion now so that will … Continue reading
May 6, 1943 – Thursday
The first thing we did this morning was dig a fox hole. That is all of the protection you get here from air planes strafing you. The Germans had just bombed a town about 5 miles from us. We had … Continue reading
May 5, 1943 – Wednesday
Here it is 8:00am and we are getting ready to pull out. All the guns are all set and ready to go. we traveled until 12:30 tonight to get here. We saw all types of planes in the air today … Continue reading
May 4, 1943 – Tuesday
Boy it really rained last night and our shelter fell down and part of us got wet. We are going to stay here all day and tonight so we pitched pup tents. We put up a camouflage net and then … Continue reading
May 3, 1943 – Monday
It rained on us most of the day as it was miserable riding. We have passed allot of hospitals, British & American alike. The British holler “Hi Yank” at us. It was about 9:30pm when we pulled into our camp. … Continue reading
May 2, 1943 – Sunday
We got in about 11:00pm last night. It had rained all the day and was still raining when I went to sleep. We were in a big pool of mud and water so we just crawled under the tarp and … Continue reading
May 1, 1943 – Saturday
Well we laid around on the truck until 1:30pm until we left. We rode all day until 1:30am the next morning . Boy I have seen plenty of pretty surroundings and scenery. We are beginning to see plenty of English … Continue reading