Category Archives: Diary

There were 26 casualties in the battalion yesterday. 6 killed and 20 wounded. They say the mines are all “booby trapped”, and are as thick as can be. We had Sgt. Bland killed. Poor kid had just came back from … Continue reading →

Not much of a fourth. Pretty quiet. Worked all day on my books. Was tired and went to bed early.

The company left this morning for Gaeta to clear mines. We are to stay behind. Have a lot of book work to do in the supply room. Wrote a letter and went to bed.

Went to mass this morning. Kept myself busy all day with an ordnance inspection. Went down to the AT-7th Inf. to see Herman Osterbur but he wasn’t there. Came home, wrote a few letters and went to bed.

Worked on my books again, getting things straightened around. Wrote a few letters and went to bed.

Nothing has changed. Kept myself pretty busy working on my books. Joe Watters and I went for water in the evening. Read a little and went to bed.

Nothing new today, just about the same as yesterday. Worked on my books all day and then they changed some of the sets and I will have to make them all over. Went to a show tonight. “Four Girls and … Continue reading →

Worked hard until noon. Then went swimming. Had a nice time. We got beer tonight. Wrote letters and went to bed early.

About the same as yesterday, work on my property book. Got in a lot more clothes and issued part of them out. Wrote a couple of letters and went to bed.