Monthly Archives: September 2014

Not much going on. Played a little cards and wrote some letters. Played cards again in the evening and I have been loosing my fanny.

We cleaned up the truck and moved to a new area. We are going to flank the Germans in a pocket on our right. We moved right after dinner. Germany seems to be dug in and the going is tough.

We moved today bright and early. We were to move over to a new sector or next to the 1st army but plans were changed, and we only went about 30 miles. This is about the craziest move we ever … Continue reading →

It has been raining all day and not much to do. We are moving to a new sector so Slattum and I went down to the water point to wash some of the mud off the truck. We went into … Continue reading →

Well, no shells last night for a change. I wrote a few letters and straightened up the truck. Cooked some beef and made some good soup. Played cards and went to bed.

A few shells came in last night, but it was enough to keep me awake. Three fellows have been hit. One fellow had his little finger cut off by a piece of shrapnel. We played cards for a while until … Continue reading →

Did a little bit of cooking, played cards and packed up to get ready to move. We moved about six miles and a little too far again. They are shelling us and everyone is looking for a hole. Wow, they … Continue reading →

Played cards all day. The infantry still hasn’t pushed ahead as yet. They are to attack today. We played cards all afternoon. Didn’t move.

Four fellows caught six more Germans this morning about a 100 yards from us. I walked into town this morning and got four loaves of bread. We are moving tonight. We moved about 10 miles and no further as the … Continue reading →