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January 4, 1943 – Telegram

Posted on January 4, 2013 by John

MRS FRQNCIS BRUNS= 303 WEST MAPLE ST CHAMPAIGNILL= LOVE AND BEST WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR TO ALL AT HOME.  ALL WELL= =CHAS BRUNS.

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Jan 4, 1943 – Monday

Posted on January 4, 2013 by John

Still no supplies. Boy I’ll be glad when they do get here. I have to go on guard tonight, but I don’t mind. I think we will try to go to town tomorrow. We signed the payroll today and we … Continue reading →

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Letter Home – January 4, 1943

Posted on January 4, 2013 by John

Dear Mother & Dad; Hear goes another letter. I surely hope you have herd from me so far. Boy thats one thing I wish you would tell the people back home to write me. That’s one thing that you look … Continue reading →

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Jan 3, 1943 – Sunday

Posted on January 3, 2013 by John

I went to mass in our own area this morning. We have mass here at 9:30am. It has been raining all morning and we are to play the third platoon a ball game. But it looks as if we wont … Continue reading →

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Jan 2, 1943 – Saturday

Posted on January 2, 2013 by John

Another day and still no supplies. Not much was going on so we built our stove over. Boy it sure throws off heat now. I played Volleyball for a while and then wrote some letters. We spent most of the … Continue reading →

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Jan 1, 1943 – Friday

Posted on January 1, 2013 by John

Today starts a new year. Happy New Year everyone. We are having mass right here in our own area now at 9:30am so I went to mass. Headquarters Platoon is going to play the first platoon a softball game. We … Continue reading →

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Dec 31, 1942 – Thursday

Posted on December 31, 2012 by John

Wow! What a day. It is raining and snowing and sleeting all at the same time. It looks as if I am going to spend another day inside. Swanny is also very sick and has a high fever so they … Continue reading →

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Dec 30, 1942 – Wednesday.

Posted on December 30, 2012 by John

Boy is it ever cold and raining here. Every one is staying in the pup tent today. It looks as if the rain is never going to stop. We didn’t do a thing today as the rain kept us in. … Continue reading →

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Dec 29, 1942 – Tuesday

Posted on December 29, 2012 by John

All we did today was straighten up the supply room and tried to fix our stove. I went down to the P.X. today and brought 4 doz eggs. they won’t last long. We played a little volleyball tonight for a … Continue reading →

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Dec 28, 1942 – Monday

Posted on December 28, 2012 by John

Not much happened today. We tried to make a stove, but it smoked so much that it chocked us out of the tent. We are going to try and make it different now. We buy eggs from the Arabs as … Continue reading →

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