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Friday

33. On Pass

Saturday, October 14, 1944
See Katherine Cornell in stage show at Florence.

Tony-Award winning actress, Katherine Cornell. [courtesy: www.bellisland.net]

Monday, October 16, 1944
Move to new area in Florence.

On the move again, this time to the home of Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Galileo and many others: historic Florence (Firenze), Italy.

Thursday, October 19, 1944
Get pass and spend afternoon downtown in Florence with Rich Wellman.

Me on pass in Florence, Italy, October 19, 1944.

BACK IN THE WORLD: November 7, 1944. Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth presidential term, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.

Friday, November 10, 1944
Find Raymond Stokes. He is in Florence too. He is just back from southern France. We get to see Billy Conn and several other boxing matches.

Light-heavyweight champion, Billy "The Pittsburgh Kid" Conn. [courtesy: www.billyconn.net]


Sunday, November 12, 1944
Get package from Rene, first Xmas package. Raymond comes over and we see show in evening, "She's a Soldier Too."

[courtesy: www.imdb.com]

Tuesday, November 14, 1944
Go on pass. Visit Raymond at 52nd Duck Battalion.

Wednesday, November 15, 1944
On guard duty.

Friday, November 17, 1944
On pass, see movie "Random Harvest" in afternoon. In evening see stage show, "George and Margaret."

[courtesy: www.soundtrackcollector.com]


Sunday, November 19, 1944
On pass. In afternoon see Italian stage show. In evening see Spencer Tracy in "The Seventh Cross," at Apollo.

[courtesy: www:imdb.com]

Monday, November 20, 1944
Go with Jergensen, haul trailer to Leg Horn 2L77 and 76. [ed. note: "Leg Horn" was the common Americanism for the coastal city of Livorno].

Tuesday, November 21, 1944
Get another D.T. (Diamond T) 4 ton truck. Other one has been salvaged (junked).

Thursday, November 24, 1944
Thanksgiving Day. All get passes. Turkey supper at 5 p.m.

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The Original Diary

The Original Diary
Here is the inspiration and primary source for this entire blog. Note the year for these entries was actually 1943, although Howard was using pages from 1942, as evidenced by the mention of the cities of Morsot and Tebessa and the fact that Howard was still in basic training in Texas in March 1942. He had to be creative with his limited resources and use whatever paper was available, which made researching this project somewhat of a puzzle at first.