Your Son, ‘Chick’
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Feb 3, 1943 – Wednesday
We were told to get ready to leave tomorrow. We are going to Port Lyautey. We worked most of the day packing things up for tomorrow. We will only be about 15 miles from Spanish Morocco. we spent the evening … Continue reading
Feb 2, 1943 Tuesday
Not much happened today. We were suppose to get paid in full but instead we only got the equivalent of $6.00 in American money in Francs. I did a little boxing and in the evening I played some poker. It … Continue reading
Feb 1, 1943 Monday
Well today I have something to say for a change. In the morning I had a tooth pulled. Boy I had to laugh when I think of it. While the dentist was pulling my tooth I was thinking of some … Continue reading
Jan 31, 1943 – Sunday
We are going to move again and I’m glad of it. It will be something different and I am so tired of this place. There just wasn’t anything to do today we tried to play ball but no one had … Continue reading
Jan 30, 1943 – Saturday
We had a physical exam today for our insurance. I guess I passed OK. We also had the article of war read to us and had another mail call. I didn’t get any mail this time. Boy I wish the … Continue reading
Letter Home – January 30, 1943
Dear Mother and Dad It has been a few days since I have wrote to you so I guess I had better get on the job. It sure get stale telling the same thing over and over again but we … Continue reading
Rabat & Port Lyautey
Chick talks about his movement between Rabat and Port Lyautey as well as his visit from the President Roosevelt in 1943. Filmed 2007 at the studios of WILL, University of Illinois as part of the “WWII Central Illinois Stories” series … Continue reading
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Jan 29, 1943 – Friday
Boy we had a mail call today and received a few letters. It was all old mail but mail is mail and I was tickled to death. I received some candy from mom and it looked like a million dollars. … Continue reading
Jan 28, 1943 – Thursday
This is getting old stuff witting the same thing over and over again. But not much is happening to write about. We played cribbage again tonight and I lost some more. I now owe $14.60. I sure hope our luck … Continue reading
Letter Home – January 27, 1943
Your Mother and Dad Well we finally won a ball game. We played another engineer outfit Sunday and won 5 to 4. I thought we were going to get beat though as we were behind 421 until the first of … Continue reading
