See movie at Apollo, "When Ladies Meet," Robert Taylor, Joan Crawford, Herbert Marshall. Russians 95 miles from Berlin.
[courtesy: www.imdb.com]
Sunday, January 28, 1945
On guard. Get 4 letters from Betty, Jean, LaVerne and Mother. Allies are making gains on Western front. Have gained back more than was lost in big German counter-attack.
Tuesday, January 30, 1945
See very good movie, "Since You Went Away."
[courtesy: www.dvdbeaver.com]
Wednesday, January 31, 1945
Pay day. Pull our small trailers to PBS (Peninsular Based Section) ordinance, turn them in.
Thursday, February 1, 1945
Go to hospital to visit Quinton Goynes in forenoon. Russell gets out of hospital. Write letter to Rene. Radio report Russians 45 miles from Berlin. Rumor that we will get semi's soon and haul for 8th Army and move to Rome.
Friday, February 2, 1945
Haul trailers for 3638 and 3605, turn them in to ordinance.
Saturday, February 3, 1945
Go in convoy haul diesel oil from Montecini rail head to Q544. Leave at 12:30, get back at 8 p.m.
Another convoy heads out on another assignment. [courtesy: pro.corbis.com]
WAR UPDATE: February 4, 1945. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet at the Yalta Conference.
Sunday, February 4, 1945
Schuster leaves at 1 a.m. hauls ammo, Montecini rail head to 0428, gets back at 9:30 a.m. Lovely day. Raymond is over in forenoon. Take pictures.
Raymond Stokes (left) and me outside my quarters in Florence, Italy. Sunday morning, February 4, 1945.
Tuesday, February 6, 1945
A seven day training period has started. All trucks in battalion are deadlined. But a convoy of 4 ton'ers go out in evening. Manila is liberated.
Wednesday, February 7, 1945
In spite of training period, Schuster and I get a trip with Diamond T and trailer. Go to 1108 Engineers north of Lucca. Stay overnight then to 23 miles north of Lucca to Fornair, which is 4 or 5 kilometers from front. We could machine gun and other small arms fire. This area was shelled quite frequently. We get load of sheet aluminum at plant there. Get back to camp at 6 p.m. on Feb. 8th. Trip started 2 p.m. on Feb. 7th.
Another run to the front.
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