Category Archives: Diary

Worked around in the supply room. Got paid for ten months today. Not much else happened. Played a little cards and went to bed. Took my clothes off for the first time, 68 straight days.

We worked all day around the supply room. The Division is to be relieved for about 10 days, and then back to the front we will go. A helluva place to be relieved. The Germans can shell you any place … Continue reading →

Went to work on shortages all day today. Kept busy all day long. Three of us was put in for either the Silver or Bronze star. Kubik, Iacuzzi and myself. Doubt very much if we get it. It was for … Continue reading →

We dug on the supply room hole for a while until it rained. After dinner we finished and put up the tent. Dug on our dug out and went to bed.

We had to dig in the supply room today so we worked pretty hard all day. Tried to work a little on our home, but we were to tired. They had a little air raid and a few “Anzio specials” … Continue reading →

It was raining today so they decided not to move. Not much to do around the supply room. I wrote a few letters and then cleaned a few guns. The weather cleared, and we loaded the supply truck. Tore down … Continue reading →

We had hot cakes for breakfast. A swell treat. Went to the show and saw Kathryn Grayson in “As Thousands Cheer.” It was very good. Ate dinner, had an inspection and stood a retreat for our new General, O’Daniels. I … Continue reading →

We arrived at the rest camp at 6:30pm. We pitched our tent and then went to the show. We saw Bill Powell and Hedy Lamar. We ate breakfast at 8:00am and then went to the show. This time we saw … Continue reading →

Well today is our 59th day here. It tops our last record. Badali and I picked up a few odd mines that were strung all over and cleaned up the scrap laying around. I was told I was going to … Continue reading →

One of the trucks hit a mine last night. One fellow had his legs blown off and Tolliver was only slightly hurt. We unloaded the supply truck today. They started throwing shells in again so we spent the rest of … Continue reading →