Haul ammo with 4 ton 0447 to 0440.
Thursday, July 6, 1944
Schuster in Rome on pass.
Friday, July 7, 1944
Company moves to Piombino, another 100 miles or so up the coast. I make a nite trip to 0403 to 0411 ammo.
Civitavecchia to Piombino, pushing forward.
The peaceful fishing village of Piombino as it appears today. [public domain]
Saturday, July 8, 1944
I make trip, a nite haul to same place, air raid at 1 a.m., bombs drop nearby.
Sunday, July 9, 1944
Sleeping today, good run in afternoon. Continue to haul ammo for next few days.
Saturday, July 15, 1944
We make some runs. Have been swimming twice and saw one GI stage show lately.
"The Fifth Army's Where My Heart Is," written by Irving Berlin and dedicated to the Fifth Army in July 1944. This is a program from a stage show I saw in July.
Sunday, July 16, 1944
Drivers move to ammo dump 0409 and move dump to 0413.
Wednesday, July 19, 1944
Job is completed and we move back to our company.
WAR UPDATE: July 20, 1944. German assassination attempt on Hitler fails (also known as Operation Valkyrie).
The remnants of the conference room soon after a detonated bomb failed to assassinate Adolph Hitler. [courtesy: German Federal Archive]
Wednesday, August 2, 1944
Have been doing same kind of work. Return on August 1st from 7 day trip, Siena to Naples. Haul French. Pull bulldozer on trailer. Had pass in Naples. Send $25 PTA home today.
Richard Wellman posing with a flat bed. We used these to haul bulldozers from Siena to Naples.
The long journey from Siena to Naples.
WAR UPDATE: August 4, 1944. Allies liberate Florence, Italy.
Friday, August 4, 1944
Five day rest in Rome rest camp. See about everything. Buy pictures and souvenirs. Work continues about the same. Saw Pope Pius XII and St. Peter's Cathedral on this trip.
Road to Rome, published by the Fifth Army, a souvenir I picked up in Rome.
This is me on pass in Rome, August 1944.
1 comment:
Grandpa was one Dang good looking guy!
Keep up the good work Sam!
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