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1944

Letter Home – January 12, 1944

Dear Mother & Dad, My mail is really catch up with me now. I received about 12 letters and cards yesterday and about eight more today. I also received the socks and booty’s, thanks a lot! There is very little … Continue reading

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January 12, 1944 – Wednesday

Not much doing to day. Worked around and did odd jobs. The days are numbered now. They are starting to water proof the trucks as it won’t be more than a couple of weeks. Got a few more letters to … Continue reading

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January 11, 1944 – Tuesday

Worked all day. Had another mail call. I’m beginning to catch up on my back mail now. We went on a hike tonight. We received a new D-7 Cat and a 6 ton truck. Boy we are getting in all … Continue reading

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January 10, 1944 – Monday

We are getting things ready for the landing. Where we are going no one knows, but my guess is Yugoslavia. We worked pretty hard all day. We played a little more cards and I’m still losing. Maybe I’ll win one … Continue reading

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Letter Home – January 9, 1944 EDIT

Dear Mother & Dad, Well my mail is finally catching up with me. So far I have received your 1st to the 10 for the month of December. I went to 10:30 mass this morning. We rented to a little … Continue reading

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January 9, 1944 – Sunday

Went to mass this morning at 10:30 am. We have mass said in a little church so I was elected to pass the hat. I wrote a few letters in the afternoon. We played cards and I lost again.

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January 8, 1944 – Saturday

Had a mail call today and I’m beginning to get a little of my mail. I took off my sweater to wash this morning and found about five little bugs (the crawling kind). Right away I took off for the … Continue reading

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January 7, 1944 – Friday

It was cold as hell this morning. I stayed in the tent and worked on the 32 forms all day. We played cards for a while tonight and I lost about six dollars.

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Letter Home – January 6, 1944

Dear Mother & Dad, Boy it’s really cold here now, wow! How is it back home. It’s really funny though Dad how I would be freezing with all of the clothes I could have on, but here I am fairly … Continue reading

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January 6, 1944 – Thursday

Man is it ever cold this morning. Wow! everything is froze solid. Stayed in the supply room most of the day. Paul Wilson dropped in to see me today. I was surely surprised to see him. I straightened up the … Continue reading

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