Author Archives: John

  I went out to work with the Company today.  The Jerries did a beautiful job of demolition at the end of the tunnel.  We had to put in a trestle bridge and it was sure a job as you … Continue reading →

We moved up to a new area this morning as we have the Jerries on the run.  We camped in a cane forest and then just waited.  We cooked our own meal.  We will be more like bums when we … Continue reading →

We moved again to to Cape d’Orlando.  Stayed there a while and then took off for the front. Boy what a mess, dead men sprawled everywhere.  We came back to our area and went to bed.  Airplanes came over and … Continue reading →

We laid around all morning and thought we may move but didn’t.  Not much happened today.  At night we moved over to St. Agata.  They are fighting at Cape d’Orlando now.  We went up to the front and shells were … Continue reading →

Boy these planes.  Six of them were over this morning at chow time.  You should have seen the guy’s scatter.  Worked around the supply for a while and then read some paper.  Might move on this afternoon.  We didn’t move … Continue reading →

Well we were strafed again this morning. This is getting to be an everyday occurrence now. Their was 3-P51 planes right on his tale too. We laid around the rest of the day waiting to move up to our new … Continue reading →

Here it is Sunday and you won’t tell the difference then any other day.  We were going to move up to day but laid around and didn’t do much.  They made a landing behind the enemy last night and have … Continue reading →

Everything is quiet this morning so not much is happening two of our men are missing from last night operation upon the battle line.  We were strafed and bombed today and I’m telling you I made a line underneath the … Continue reading →