Category Archives: Diary

The kitchen had been shot up last night. They only have one can that will hold water. We or the SS troops had to dig the kitchen in. We worked all day on it. They layed in a few shells … Continue reading →

Had a big air raid the first thing this morning. Didn’t see any planes shot down at all. Vince and I cleaned up the empty mine boxes around the area. The SS troops had to sand bag the Co’s tent … Continue reading →

My Dear Mother & Dad, Guess I have been a little slow in writing lately but I get tired of saying the same thing over and over. You said in your last letter that Joe had wrote home Feb 3rd. … Continue reading →

It rained all night last night and it was dark as could be. We got all of the mines put away and were soon in bed. We worked cleaning rifles and other odd jobs around the supply room. Jerry shelled … Continue reading →

Stayed in today. Worked around the supply all day. The whole valley is full of smoke so Jerry doesn’t have very good observation. Lucky for us. We heard that the Cassino front was broke. I surely hope so as it … Continue reading →

Late last night DeCesare & I went in no mans land to pick up some mines that were by a bridge. When we got them they all had been blown by an artillery shell. Not only that, but Jerry opened … Continue reading →

Worked around the supply room all day, also got in a few letters. They shelled our bivouac area. No one was hurt though which was pretty lucky, because they really threw in the shells. Not much else happened. Cleaned up … Continue reading →

We had to go out and cut brush today for machine gun fire. It was a miserable day. Rained all day long. Boy when I got home I was ring and wet and felt like hell. I changed clothes and … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →