Author Archives: John

Today we went after more clothes.  More winter overcoats and wool drawers.  They started giving 7 day furloughs today to the men in the line platoons.  Some of the fellows came back with tales of the Germans “booby trapping” there … Continue reading →

Not much doing today.  Wellman and I went down to get some clothes today.  All we received was small overcoats and knit caps.  We issued them all out.  Five more me got hit by “S” mines today.  Sgt. Stamp was … Continue reading →

What a night, shells coming and shells going all night long.  You couldn’t get any sleep at all.  Also a German patrol came up so close that you could hear them talking.  One of the fellows took a pot shot … Continue reading →

We took our clothes over to get them washed.  Boy we had a pile of them.  Got them all washed for six cans of “C” ration.  We moved right after dinner, and what an area.  We are completely surrounded by … Continue reading →

We are moving today right after dinner.  I tried to write some letters but no success.  We moved about three miles and that was all.  Towslee and I played chess.  The Jerries are shelling up in the mountains.  Things are … Continue reading →

Not much happened today.  Jerry planes were over but didn’t come within shooting distance of us.  Our planes played hell with them though all day.  Dive bombing ans Strafing.  Did our usual jobs and that was about all.  Towslee and … Continue reading →

Well I suppose we will move for sure today.  We moved about 6 miles today.  I found out today that during yesterday’s raid a bullet went through our tent, through my sleeping bag, my gun holster, my bunk on through … Continue reading →