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Category Archives: 1943
Letter Home – March 18, 1943
Dear Mother & Dad; Being as its hard to get V-mail here I will have to write this way. We had mail call yesterday and I hit the jackpot. I had letters from 11 different people. So now I’m the … Continue reading
March 18, 1943 – Thursday
I had to work on my salvage certificates this morning, and after I finished that I didn’t have a thing to do. I spent the afternoon making pillow slips out of an old sheet that was brought over from the … Continue reading
March 17, 1943 – Wednesday
Today is salvage day and I have to take care of it. Not much else happened today. The 3rd platoon & the 2nd platoon played a game tonight and I bet 5 bucks again and won. The score was 7 … Continue reading
March 16, 1943 – Tuesday
We started garnishing nets to day and it’s sure a job. Most of the company is working on it. We are going to play the 2nd platoon a ball game tonight and I have 5 bucks bet on the game. … Continue reading
March 15, 1943 – Monday
We had to clean house today and get our equipment down as light as possible. We will soon be going up to the front and I’m glad. I had to turn in all of our 37 mm guns & ammunition. … Continue reading
Letter Home – March 14, 1943
Dear Mother & Dad; Here it is Sunday in time for another letter to you both. A told you in my last letter that we were going to play HQ., Co. A ball game today. Well we are but it … Continue reading
March 14, 1943 – Sunday
Everyone seem to be going toward the front so I didn’t go to mass this morning. They ran a truck into town but only so many can go. I wrote letters all morning and in the afternoon we played HQ … Continue reading
March 13, 1943 – Saturday
We just loafed around all morning but in the afternoon we played “C” Company a ball game. I pitched and only allowed 3 hits but our team made 6 errors so we lost 4 to 1. It was a good … Continue reading
March 12, 1943 – Friday
I had a little typing to do today, I had to get in some requisitions and that was about all. I cleaned about 4 machine guns and then went to eat early chow. We had chicken and I ate plenty. … Continue reading
March 11, 1943 – Thursday
Today I made out my salvage certificates and turned in my salvage. Out side of that I didn’t do a damn thing. In the evening we played the first platoon softball and we won 11 to 7. Badali pitched and … Continue reading
