Monthly Archives: July 2013

We went swimming again the morning hung around the dock for awhile. They are to bring about 3,000 prisoners in today. They brought back a few casualties. I be son-of-a-gun if they didn’t load up at noon and get ready … Continue reading →

Its a good thing we didn’t get any extra chow last night as we left this morning for the truck. We are going to stay down by the trucks now and eat “B” rations. In the evening I went swimming … Continue reading →

Boy everyone is sure mad that we didn’t leave yesterday this laying around is getting us. I’ll be bivouac hopping before long. We laid around all day and played cards. One fellow brought by two cans of boneless chicken so … Continue reading →

We went for a hike today. We went into Bizerte. Boy that town is such a mess. They have prisoners trying to clean it up. When we got back off of the hike everyone was packing up and getting ready … Continue reading →

We are on a half hour alert now so we may move out at any moment. we didn’t do much. I went over to another outfit and got into the P.X. line. They thought I was one of them as … Continue reading →

We are all wondering when we are going to leave, and how the fellows are making out in Sicily. I sure wish I was with them, but I will be soon enough. They seemed to be doing okay though. Wyengard … Continue reading →

The fellows hit Sicily this morning at 3 AM. We are in a “C” ration camp and how I love “C” ration, now! We played cards all day long. Butts and I walked down to the truck after a few … Continue reading →

We are to fall out at 12 o’clock today. We played cards all morning until time we left. We moved over to Bizerte to the waterproofing area. We had to walk about 4 miles carrying a full field pack and … Continue reading →

There is nothing to do today but lay around and play cards. In the afternoon Frenchy, Butts, Myers, and I went swimming we had to walk 5 miles and it was really hot. We went to the show tonight.

Today is Rita’s birthday. I was hoping we would make the landing today. Well everything is packed now so until I get chance I will have to finish this in pencil. We moved down to Ferryville in the grouping area. … Continue reading →