Your Son, ‘Chick’
Category Archives: 1944
Letter Home – November 12, 1944
Dear Mother & Dad, Not much to write about. It snowed here the other day and has snowed every day since then. The big trees really look pretty with all the snow on them. My camera was buried in the … Continue reading
November 12, 1944 – Sunday
We got in some new clothes so we issued clothes all day long. Played cards and went to bed.
November 11, 1944 – Saturday
We moved the first thing this morning over toward Ramblervillers. Set up the tents. We set up an extra supply tent as we have a lot of clothes to issue. We have light in the tent so we listened to … Continue reading
November 10, 1944 – Friday
We were to move back today but we had a little extra work to do so we are moving tomorrow morning. Wrote some letters and went to bed.
November 9, 1944 – Thursday
There is just a few squads out working as there is little to do. We loaded our trucks and got them ready to move back. We played some cards and I wrote a couple of letters.
Letter Home – November 8, 1944
Dear Mother & Dad, Just think, two years ago today we landed at Fedala, Africa. We were on French soil then and two years later we’re still on it. I hope this damn war soon ends so I can set … Continue reading
November 8, 1944 – Wednesday
Well, today makes the day of two years on foreign soil. We landed on French soil and today we are fighting on French soil. There is rumors that the 7th and 30th are going to get relieved for a while. … Continue reading
November 7, 1944 – Tuesday
We got in some more clothes today so we issued them out. A couple of German planes came over straffing. One was shot down. It snowed again today.
November 6, 1944 – Monday
We issued out some boot packs today. Kept us busy all day long. We played some cards tonight. I won a little bit of dough.
November 5, 1944 – Sunday
I wish I could get to a church some place, but there is no towns and no trucks around to take me. Wrote a few letters and went to bed.
