Author Archives: John

Worked around the supply in the morning and played cards all afternoon.  Again this evening we had a party.  Wine, wine, and more wine.  We celebrated our victory here and everyone got stewed to the gills.

All the days are just about the same now.  We didn’t have any supplies to issue out.  So all we do is sit around.  I wrote a couple of letters, played cards and went to bed.  I heard that Italy … Continue reading →

Messed around all day nothing new happened. I went to town to see if I could get my film but didn’t get it. We went to a G I show at 6:00 P.M. It was pretty good. Came home and … Continue reading →

Worked around the supply room.  Did a little laundry and that’s about all.  We had a mail call.  First one in about 3 weeks. Wrote a few letters and went to a show.

Hellman and Melgard went to town today so I am all alone in the supply room.  I did a few odd jobs and that’s about all.  Tried to make some pistol grips for my pistol.  Played a little volley ball.  … Continue reading →

I went to town today Breunig and I.  We had a swell time, but walked ourselves to death.  I bought a few souvenirs.  Came home played a little cards and went to bed.

I went into town today to mass. It was a beautiful church. On the way back it started to rain. After we got back we tried to pitch some kind of a shelter to sleep under. We just got soaked. … Continue reading →

Worked around the supply room all morning cleaning M.G’s and Rifles.  We had rifle inspection and my rifle was the best in our platoon.  In the evening Badali and I went over to an airport that was destroyed and there … Continue reading →