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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Champaign Man Finds Swimming Hole in Sicily – by Harold V. Boyle
With the American Seventh Army east of San Stefano, Sicily, Aug. 3 – (Delayed) – (AP) – American combat engineers during battle lulls have turned the vast Mediterranean into a combination “old swimming hole” and laundry. Within the sound … Continue reading
August 3, 1943 – Tuesday
Funny we didn’t move but they have been busting shells around us all day. We dished out a few clothes and went in swimming. A fellow from the Associated Press took down my name. I wrote a couple of letters, … Continue reading
August 2, 1943 – Monday
We are going to move on up this morning. We move up a few miles ahead of the infantry to work on a bridge that was blown out. Man do the Germans ever blow these bridges. They are also shelling … Continue reading
The front lines of Sicily
Chick talks about being on the front and working with land mines during the invasion of Sicily. Filmed 2007 at the studios of WILL, University of Illinois as part of the “WWII Central Illinois Stories” series
Posted in 1943, In his words
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August 1, 1943 – Sunday
We woke up in the morning and there was a big air raid going on. Man, I never saw so much ‘ack ack’ in the air at one time. I saw a couple of planes shot down. We moved out … Continue reading
