Category Archives: 1943

I went to confession last night and after that I went to the show and then to bed. This morning the company went on a hike, but I stayed in. In the afternoon we all went to take a shower. … Continue reading →

We put up our tents today, and got all of our supplies put away. Boy is it ever rugged here. I have been a lot of places but one never like this, and from all of the rumors its really … Continue reading →

We were up at 5:00 AM this morning and we are ready to go at 6:00AM. We are supposed to be at our Bivouac area tonight. Well here we are and what a place. No trees plenty of rocks, and … Continue reading →

Boy was it ever cold up here in the mountains last night. It was swell sleeping though and there was a beautiful sun rise. We were up at 7 AM this morning and didn’t leave the Bivouac area until 9:00 … Continue reading →

We were up at 5 o’clock this morning. Ate and got all of are equipment are on the trucks to get ready to leave. We are to pass the I.P. at 8:05. Here it is 6:30PM and we have just … Continue reading →

Well we finished loading everything today. All of our supply tents were torn down so we will be sleeping out in the open tonight. I am sure tired. We had mail call tonight and I got a couple of letters … Continue reading →

We worked pretty hard today getting things ready to move. We loaded the three half tracks and that took about all day. In the evening we went over to HQ Co. to a show and saw the “Life of Knute … Continue reading →

Today was just like every other day. We worked hard all day. I didn’t even get to go to church. They sprayed our tents and just about finished up the camouflage nets today. I had to issue out a few … Continue reading →

From all indications we are going out in the desert. We have all been working very hard and are anxious to get started. We should be leaving in a few days. We will probably have to work tomorrow to get … Continue reading →