Category Archives: 1943

God O’mighty were we shelled again last night. That tank slipped back in again and seemed to be right in our backyard. We would hear the report of gun and then would hit the ground because baby she was a … Continue reading →

Boy what a night. Some tanks slipped down into the valley and shelled us. It got us up out of bed. All of the fellows went down in the ditch behind our tent and I went down to talk to … Continue reading →

One year ago today we loaded on boats to go over sea’s. The two fellows came in this morning. They had been shot at, Hand grenades thrown at them and stayed in the bushes behind enemy lines all night. When … Continue reading →

Packed up and moved today. We moved about 2 miles and stopped for awhile. They are shelling our area that we are to move into so we had to wait until they stopped. We moved down into a large valley … Continue reading →

We had a good nights sleep last night but you went to bed with the fear of being shelled.  Well they didn’t shell us anymore so they must have knocked out the guns.  We went and got some clothes from … Continue reading →

Wow!  Oh my god!  4:30 AM we came tearing out of the tent as we were being shelled.  The first shell hit and Wellman who was on guard at the time came in and woke us up.  I asked him … Continue reading →

We are bivouac in the middle of the artillery and when their guns cut loose, the concussion practically roll you out of bed.  All night it was bang, bang, bang.  Little sleep you get.  We worked all day.  We are … Continue reading →

I was on guard from 4 o’clock until the company got up.  sat around and wrote letters.  The company is supposed to rest today as they have been working night and day.  We moved in the afternoon about four miles.  … Continue reading →