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Author Archives: John
May 19, 1943 – Wednesday
There is little to do now so I cleaned up a few rifles and also cleaned my room. Wrote a few letters and read a little. Took some shoes down to the Battalion Supply. We took our pills and as … Continue reading
May 18, 1943 – Tuesday
I slept the morning until 9:30 AM. I then was on guard from 10 to 12. Laid around all afternoon and wrote a few letters. We had a mail call and I received a few letters. We got in some … Continue reading
May 17, 1943 – Monday
We didn’t have much to do again today. They bombed Bone again last night. I did a few odd jobs around the supply room and then did my washing and then after supper climbed up to the top of the … Continue reading
Letter home – May 16, 1943
Dear Mother & Dad; Maybe we will get a little rest now and I will be able to catch up on my writing. I believe I have told you before that I have received all of the packages that you … Continue reading
May 16, 1943 – Sunday
Not much happened today. We had the day off and all we had to do was cleaning and care of equipment. I went down to the crick and took a bath, came back, wrote a few letters, listened to the … Continue reading
May 15, 1943 – Saturday
One of my buddies was blown up yesterday while out cleaning an S-mine field. We are on our way to Philippeville. It has been a nice trip and I have seen many move interesting sights. We came across some sand … Continue reading
May 14, 1943 – Friday
We worked around and did odd jobs all morning and in the afternoon went to Bizerte. We went down on the beach for a swim and tried out some German and Italian explosives. Some of them are pretty powerful. We … Continue reading
Letter home – May 13, 1943
Dear Mother & Dad; Boy will ever be glad when I can write something in a letter. You have all been trying to guess where I’m at but you are all wrong. You should probably tell where were I’m at … Continue reading
May 13, 1943 – Thursday
I went out today to blow up a few duds. We had quite a time only some shrapnel came to close once or twice. We just messed around in the afternoon and in the evening we had mail call and … Continue reading
May 12, 1943 – Wednesday
We unloaded the supply truck and straightened up things around. I did a little laundry and just messed around the rest of the day. We went over and talked to the English soldiers a while and then went to bed.
