June 30, 1945
June 30, 1945Ellwangen, GermanyNo. 40 Dear Folksies, Golly, an awful lot seems to happen in a few days around here every so often. I got back from Strasbourg night before last already to find some amazing things going on – but again let me annoy you by going at this a little systematically… […]
June 28, 1945
June 28, 1945Ellwangen, GermanyNo. 39 (continued) Dear Folksies, The Advance Party consisted of Gil, Gerbode, Chatley (Mess Officer), Eddie Welles, Nelson Bell and myself. Chatley, of course, was in charge of setting up the mess and running the men, Eddie was put in charge of the insides of all the buildings, Bell had charge […]
June 27, 1945
June 27, 1945Ellwangen, GermanyNo. 39 Dear Folksies, Clint Green, Arnold Klopec and I had quite an adventure down near Salzberg, scouting for and finally locating a bus for transporting members of the 59th. The bus we found is much like a “Greyhound” with a long hood and capable of holding 34 people in it. […]
June 23, 1945
June 23, 1945Dachau Concentration Camp, GermanyNo. 38 (conclusion) Dear Folksies, If one takes the time, as one frequently does, one can hear any number of stories about Dachau and other similar places throughout Germany and Poland. Even with the small amount of German that I know, I’ve listened to tales from Poles, Russians and […]
June 19, 1945
June 19, 1945Dachau Concentration Camp, GermanyNo. 38 (continued) Dear Folksies, The day after we evacuated Allach, the Col. wanted me to go down to Salzburg to pick up some wheels for his car. Sooo, with Bill Gratopp driving, with Ben Romine, Wy, Heinzerling, and Klopek in the rear, we took off with the weapons-carrier […]
June 15, 1945
June 15, 1945Dachau Concentration Camp, GermanyNo. 38 (continued) Dear Folksies, On June 8th, as Brown, Bell and Chuck Schwartz took off in the Mercedes for a tour around the country, Roy gave me the job of seeing that the hospital run by Capt. Sugranes was evacuated to the other hospitals, so that Sugranes’ hospital […]
June 11, 1945
June 11, 1945Dachau Concentration Camp, GermanyNo. 38 Dear Folksies, We’re still the “Dachau Bosses” but are, for the most part, relinquishing our control today and tomorrow. The two Bills [Newsom and Kuzell] are turning over their hospital to the new men today, and Pete and I this morning took a couple of officers around […]
June 10, 1945
The telegram that René sent to his parents on June 10, 1945… He dispatched the telegram as soon as he received the following note from Jeanne Salomons, Yvette‘s aunt, dated May 30: “Dearest René, Just two words to tell you that Yvette just arrived and she is in good condition. We are so, so happy! […]
June 7, 1945
June 7, 1945Dachau Concentration Camp, GermanyNo. 37 (conclusion) Dear Folksies, Our home, incidentally, consists of two floors. The men live on the ground floor and the officers on the top floor. The kitchen is on the ground floor and the men have a classy dining room right there, while we have a similar one […]
June 6, 1945
June 6, 1945Dachau Concentration Camp, GermanyNo. 37 (continued) Dear Folksies, ‘Twould be rather difficult to try to describe this place to you or to try and give you an accurate picture of what has been done and what we are now doing. The camp itself takes in something like 15 square miles, i.e. with […]
June 5, 1945
June 5, 1945Somewhere in GermanyNo. 37 (continued) Dear Folksies, On the 29th, we arranged all the PX stuff for sale the next day and also did a few odds and ends. May 30th – sold all our goods. May 31st got all the PX goods together to be sold to the gang at our […]
June 4, 1945
June 4, 1945Somewhere in GermanyNo. 37 Dear Folksies, Since last writing, numerous things have occurred. I shall attempt to give at least some of these in chronological order. Let’s see, my last was written on the nite of May 25th. Fooled around on the 26th, rounding up a few items needed, trying to find […]