Not very busy now. Do quite a bit of laying around. Do some work on truck.
Wednesday, June 13, 1945
Not doing much. Get 1,000 mile check on truck.
Thursday, June 14, 1945
A convoy goes to Leg Horn to turn in trailers and bring back water trailers.
Friday, June 15, 1945
I wash truck and trailer. At one o'clock go in convoy to Mantova, haul salvage ordinance equipment to Bologna.
Area of operations during June 1945.
Saturday, June 16, 1945
Back from yesterday's trip at 5 a.m.
Sunday, June 17, 1945
Draw our beer and cigarettes.
Monday, June 18, 1945
Go to haul German hospital. Stay overnite near Milan. Sleep in German hospital.
A mobile field hospital during World War II. [courtesy: National Archives]
Tuesday, June 19, 1945
Haul German hospital to Ghedi and get back to camp around 4:30 in afternoon. See stage show put on by Greeks in evening.
Wednesday, June 20, 1945
Not much to do. Hot weather.
A souvenir booklet I bought, which I dated June 20, 1945. This outlines all of the action seen by the Fifth Army since the beginning of the Italian campaign some two years ago.
Thursday, June 21, 1945
Schuster goes on run to Milan. We get 14 replacements.
WAR UPDATE: June 22, 1945. U.S. forces capture Okinawa.
Friday, June 22, 1945
Change oil and grease truck. I get new assistant driver out of the replacements.
Satruday, June 23, 1945
Not very busy. We get a health lecture in afternoon.
Sunday, June 24, 1945
The following eight men go home: Schuster, Stracener, Wilbourn, McReight, Bowman, Gietzel, Grote and Delerie.
Monday, June 25, 1945
Laying around. Having hot weather.
Thursday, June 28, 1945
Parade at transportation section. 23 men notified to go home.
Friday, June 29, 1945
On pass. Go to Q52, but Raymond has gone to Austria for 4 or 5 day run. Get my notification, I'm going home.
2 comments:
Interesting that my maiden name BOWMAN, shows in your dad's journal. Could it be that your dad and my Grandfather knew each other? Or is it no relation to me at all? It sure makes you wonder...
I wondered that too. So much history has been lost, which is the main reason why I decided to do this.
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