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Jan 27, 1943 – Wednesday
Man are the mornings ever cold. Wow you just about freeze. Its so warm in your fart sack that you hate to get up. We didn’t have much to do to day. I took a gun over to the ordnance … Continue reading
Jan 26, 1943 – Tuesday
It seems foolish to keep this diary but I will. It seems as though I never have anything to say. We get new equipment one day and the they take it away from us and send it up to the … Continue reading
Jan 25, 1943 – Monday
Today was just another day. Not much happened. I took care of my salvage and typed out my certificate on it. Tonight I played a little horseshoe and tried to box a little. Boy my wind is sure short. I … Continue reading
Jan 24, 1943 – Sunday
As usual I went to 9:30am mass this morning. They built a boxing ring right in front of our altar so we had to move the altar. I played horse shoes all morning and in the afternoon we played the … Continue reading
Jan 23, 1943 – Saturday
Well I didn’t get my teeth fixed today. The dentist had some emergency cases so I will have to wait. We received some salvage, so I spent all day looking up the fellows it belongs to and tying it in … Continue reading
Every day life in North Africa
During an interview, Chick discusses what every day life was like in North Africa. This audio is from an interview conducted by Uni High students Natalie Dullerud, Claire Dickerson, Michael Anukwu and Joaquin Malik, as part of the Uni Class … Continue reading
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Jan 22, 1943 – Friday
I was to get my teeth fixed today but the dentist had to go to Rabat so now I will have to go tomorrow. Today is salvage day so all I had to do was just take a can of … Continue reading
President Roosevelt reviews the troops
On January 21, 1943, the 3rd Division was present at the making of world history. On this day President Franklin D. Roosevelt reviewed troops of the 3rd Infantry and 2nd Armored Divisions on the main highway leading north from Sale. … Continue reading
Letter Home – January 21, 1943
Dear Mother and Dad; Well here goes another letter tonight, but I don’t have much to say. We had a band concert the other day, and it was really swell to hear good music for a change. It was put … Continue reading
Jan 21, 1943 – Thursday
We were up at 4:00am this morning as we had to go on a parade. It will probably be just some general, so I don’t’ think much of it. Wow! It turned out to be President Roosevelt and General Marshal. … Continue reading
