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September 9, 1943 – Thursday

Posted on September 9, 2013 by John

We had a few things to turn in to the battalion and I took them over. That was about all of the work for the day. In the evening we played nickle knock and I was on guard from 12 … Continue reading →

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September 8, 1943 – Wednesday

Posted on September 8, 2013 by John

Breunig and I went to town today.  We decided to hike up to the little town of Erice and see what it looked like.  It was about 10 miles up on top of a mountain.  It took us from 8:30 … Continue reading →

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Letter Home – September 7, 1943

Posted on September 7, 2013 by John

Dear Mother & Dad, I am writing this Practically standing on my head.  Well what did you think of Italy surrendering?  Good wasn’t it.  It shorten the war by a month now if Germany would just give up easy  things … Continue reading →

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September 7, 1943 – Tuesday

Posted on September 7, 2013 by John

Nothing to do today. Just messed around. I think I will go on pass tomorrow. We played cards and drank some wine before going to the show.

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September 6, 1943 – Monday

Posted on September 6, 2013 by John

Worked most of the day. In the evening we went to the show,  ‘Rio Rita’. It was pretty good.  Ate a dozen eggs for supper.

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Letter Home – September 5, 1943

Posted on September 5, 2013 by John

Dear Mother & Dad, Today is Sunday as I’m taking time out to catch up on my letter writing.  I know I have been slipping a little be a but I’ll catch up.  By went into town to mass today … Continue reading →

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September 5, 1943 – Sunday

Posted on September 5, 2013 by John

I went in to mass today (same church).  Came home and played pinochle the rest of the day.  Some of the fellows went to a show the rest of us played nickle knock.  Plenty of wine. We through out two … Continue reading →

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September 4, 1943 – Saturday

Posted on September 4, 2013 by 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.

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Letter Home – September 3, 1943

Posted on September 3, 2013 by John

Dear Mother & Dad, Well there’s not much happening around here now so there is little to write about.  I did go two Messina  the other day and bought a few postcards and things.  I’m sending a couple of wine … Continue reading →

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September 3, 1943 – Friday

Posted on September 3, 2013 by John

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 →

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