Category Archives: Diary

We were all up at 7 am this morning and was it ever cold last night. I just about froze. We ate breakfast and sat around and talked till dinner time. Played cards in the afternoon and in the evening. … Continue reading →

Up at 7 am. We are to leave at 9 am to load on to the LST. We have been here all day now and still haven’t left. We played cards and read. We loaded on the LST 224 at … Continue reading →

Up at six this morning. Loaded our sleeping bags and got ready to leave at 8:15 am. We went down to the Staging area and stayed there all day. Joe Watters, Miner and I went up town for a while. … Continue reading →

We worked all day getting things packed up, ready to leave. Tonight Jim Nachtigal and I went up town. We dodged MP’s all the time we were in town. When we got home the company was packing the tents. We … Continue reading →

We have to go on a hike this morning that turned out to be a parade. General Clark, Truscott, and Lucas were all there. They gave a speech on the coming landing. Its seem as it is going to be … Continue reading →

They are still waterproofing the trucks to day. I issued out the clothes we got in last night. Kept me pretty busy all day. Played a little pinochle for a while and then I wrote a few letters.

Worked all day. Got out a few requisitions. Went down to the Battalion and got some clothes. Wrote a few letters and then went to bed. I have about 30 letters to answer but just can’t get into the mood … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →