Category Archives: 1944

1944

Letter Home – March 11, 1944

My Dear Mother & Dad, Here I am again with nothing to say. I hope the last letter I wrote will be sufficient. Those long letters are pretty hard for me, ha ha. I received 9 more rolls of film … Continue reading

Posted in 1944, Letters | Comments Off on Letter Home – March 11, 1944

March 11, 1944 – Saturday

Well I lost another good boy friend last night. Gus Odegard. “Big Stuff” so we called him. Also another fellow was lost. Hit by machine gun fire. It’s a shame they make us work so close to the enemy. Even … Continue reading

Posted in 1944, Diary | Comments Off on March 11, 1944 – Saturday

March 10, 1944 – Friday

I was on guard last night from 10 to 2 am. Company commander came in the orderly room and said that a couple of the men were hurt. Jerry threw an artillery barrage in on them. They got some small … Continue reading

Posted in 1944, Diary | Comments Off on March 10, 1944 – Friday

Letter Home – March 9, 1944

Dear Mother & Dad; Another line from the beachhead. Very seldom I write a long letter to you both or to anyone for a matter of fact so I guess you can past this one around. I have very little … Continue reading

Posted in 1944, Letters | Comments Off on Letter Home – March 9, 1944

March 9, 1944 – Thursday

We had a good size air raid down at the beach last night. It seemed as if Jerry planes were droning over the area all night long. Well I just had a little cry. I just found out that my … Continue reading

Posted in 1944, Diary | Comments Off on March 9, 1944 – Thursday

March 8, 1944 – Wednesday

Well here we are back home again. And I’m still in one piece, but Jerry tried awful hard. Our infantry job wasn’t too bad. We were on the third line of defense and patrolled every other night. We built a … Continue reading

Posted in 1944, Diary | Comments Off on March 8, 1944 – Wednesday

March 7, 1944 – Tuesday

From March 1st to march 7th, Chick was embedded with the infantry and was unable to keep his diary up to date.

Posted in 1944, Diary | Comments Off on March 7, 1944 – Tuesday

March 6, 1944 – Monday

From March 1st to march 7th, Chick was embedded with the infantry and was unable to keep his diary up to date.

Posted in 1944, Diary | Comments Off on March 6, 1944 – Monday

Letter Home- March 5, 1944

My Dear Mother & Dad, Same old thing nothing to say and little to write about. We’re pretty busy any how and I have little time to write so tell everyone not to expect letters from me for a while. … Continue reading

Posted in 1944, Letters | Comments Off on Letter Home- March 5, 1944

March 5, 1944 – Sunday

From March 1st to march 7th, Chick was embedded with the infantry and was unable to keep his diary up to date.

Posted in 1944, Diary | Comments Off on March 5, 1944 – Sunday