William Jamison War Diary Transcript

March

Monday 13th

Left Hamilton Field, Calif., 12:13 enroute to P.O.E. Morrison Field, Palm Beach, Florida.  Stopped  in Phoenix our first leg of trip.

Tuesday 14th

Laid over in Phoenix.  Grounded due to bad weather.

Wednesday 15th

Left Phoenix about 12:30 for Midland, Texas.  Arrived at Midland about 1900.  Had some good Ham & eggs for supper.

Thursday 16th

Grounded in Midland because of low ceiling.  Played blackjack all day.

Friday 17th

Left Midland for Memphis, Tenn.  Arrived in Memphis at 1700.  Buzzed Joe Allen's, house on the way.  Went in town to see Gerry & Charles, and had a nice visit.

Saturday 18th

Laid over in Memphis.  Valve on nose wheel broken.  Went in to see Charles & Gerry again.  Gerry fixed me a swell meal.  She really can cook.

Sunday 19th

Weathered in at Memphis.  Went in town again.  Met Mr. & Mrs. Jones.

Monday 20th

Rollers on bomb bay door broken.  Still in Memphis.

Tuesday 21st

They got a new bomb bay door on for us, but the weather has closed in, so we couldn't leave again today.

Wednesday 22nd

Left Memphis, (Finally), at 10:00 for Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida.  Arrived at 1600, processed, and went to bed.

Thursday 23rd

Spent the day having a medical exam and getting our equipment checked.

Friday 24th

Left Morrison and the good old U.S.A. at 0430.  Arrived in Trinidad about 1450.  Ate supper then pulled a 25 hour inspection on our plane.  Passed over Puerto Rico & Cuba on the way here.

Saturday 25th

Left Trinidad before dawn & arrived in Belem, Brazil about 1530.  Bought some good boots at the P.X.  Went to bed early. Crossed the equator today.

Sunday 26th

Left Belem for Natal Brazil. Arrived late in the afternoon.  Went to the P.X., ate supper & went to a show.

Monday 27th

Laid over in Natal to pull 50 hr. inspection on our plane.

Tuesday 28th

Left Natal for Dakar, West Africa.  Flew 1720 miles over water.  Arrived in Dakar about 1700.  I'm on guard at the plane tonight.

Wednesday 29th

Left Dakar for Marrakech, French West Africa.  Passed over the Sahara Desert.  Arrived about 1600.  Crossed the equator again.

Thursday 30th

Laid over in Marrakech for briefing. Ran into Jack Justice from the old 60th.  He's a gunner too.

Friday 31st

Left Marrakech for Tunis.  Arrived early in the afternoon, but didn't get settled till about 1900.  No lights in the tents, so went to bed early.

April

Saturday 1st

Laid over in Tunis.  Went in town and looked the place over, but wasn't impressed.  Too many foreigners. Ha! Ha!

Sunday 2nd

Left Tunis for our final destination, 15th A.F., Manduria , Italy.  Saw my Denver Buddy Bill Shergold & we had a good talk about old times.  "Doc" Savage is on anti-sub partial(?) out of Langley Field.  Total miles from Morrison to Manduria , 8,189 miles.

Monday 3rd

Had medical lecture & indoctrination.

Tuesday 4th

Went to a class on sighting and gunnery in operations.  Had a lecture on enemy fighter tactics.  Went to the show in Oria with Bill.

Wednesday 5th

Went to the armament shop on the line all day.  Put up our tent today.

Thursday 6th

Went out to the line again for the day.

Friday 7th

Started the floor in our tent.  Fixed it up pretty good.  Went to the show with Bill. "Cabin in the Sky"

Saturday 8th

Finished the floor in our tent.  It's beginning to look quite homey.  Took my laundry in to Manduria.  A private home.

Sunday 9th

Went to Easter Service.  This afternoon we built a frameworks for the sides of our tent.  Cut in shelves & got a table.

Monday 10th

Went to Sava with Bill.  Found some good vino, fried eggs and potatoes.  Strung lights in our tent today.

Tuesday 11th

Flew a practice mission.  Were up about five hours.

Wednesday 12th

1st Mission – Target for Today: ME-109 factory, Weiner  Neustadt, Austria.

Intense flak over the target.  Good fighter cover.  C-38's.  Came back on three engines but made it O.K. Went to Sava again with Bill.

Thursday 13th

Target for Today: Airfield, Budapest, Hungary.

Flak was of moderate intensity and not too accurate.  C-47 escort.  Developed a gas leak, but not bad.  One B-24 blew up.  Must have received a direct flak hit.

4 - Friday 14th

Bad weather so we didn't fly.  Went to the show with Bill in the afternoon.  After the show we went to Manduria after our laundry.

6 - Saturday 15th

Target for Today:  Airfield, Bucharest, Rumania .

Flak was light.  Had C-38 escort.  Saw a few enemy fighters, but had no trouble.

Sunday 16th

Target for Today:  Marshalling yards, Brosow, Rumania.

Flak was moderate, but got fighters after leaving the Target.  Lost three planes.

7 - Monday 17th

Target for Today:  Marshalling yards, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Flak was intense, heavy & accurate. Had P-51 escort.  A B-24 in our squadron blew up on the line last night.  Several were killed and quite a few hurt.

Tuesday 18th

No mission.  Lay around the tent till about 1730, then went in the show, but it was cancelled.  Came back and wrote a letter to mom & dad, and Agnes.

Wednesday 19th

Weather bad.  No flying.  Went in to Sava with Bill and Barbee.  Got back about 2130.

Thursday 20th

Treviso, Italy was the Target today, but it was all closed in so no bombs were dropped.  Went in to Sava with Bill.  They're going to have spaghetti  tomorrow.

Friday 21st

Target for Today:  Oil Fields, Ploesti, Rumania.

Got within an hour & a half of the target and had to turn back.  Ceiling was low and visibility very poor.  Went in to Sava with Bill and had spaghetti, salad, vino, and beans.  Molto Buono.

Saturday 22nd

No mission today.  Took my laundry in to Manduria.  Went to the opening of the dayroom after supper.  They had cognac, champagne, ?, gin, coke, ice cream & cake.  A pretty good party.

Sunday 23rd

Target for Today:  Heinkel Factory, Schwechat, Austria.

We got over the target about 1430.  Just as we were getting ready to drop our bombs, the entire electrical system went out.  The flak was so thick it looked as if you could get out and walk on it.  It was bouncing our plane all over the sky.  We could hear it tearing holes all through the ship.  Carlson salvoed the bombs, and we got through it without anyone getting hurt, but all our turrets were out, all the instruments, interphone, & everything else electrical.  We were cruising at 2500 RPM & couldn't change it, so we came back in auto-lean.  Must have had a hold in a fuel cell because we ran out of gas about 15 miles from the field, and had to crash land with a dead stick.  Jeff & Andy did a good job of it.  Barbee was braced at the front end of the catwalk, and when we hit, the nose wheel came through & killed him instantly.  The rest of us were only bruised and shaken.  We came back in a truck, ate supper, read awhile, then went to bed.

Monday 24th

Checked with the medics today, and all of us are O.K.  We'll probably gegt a couple days rest before we fly again.  Went in to Sava with Bill.

Tuesday 25th

Well, the boys went on a raid today, and it was a rough one.  Lost three ships from our squadron.  Bill went down today, too.  It's hard to believe, but I think he bailed out O.K.  Maybe he made it to Switzerland. 

Wednesday 26th

Didn't fly again today.  Lay around the tent, read and after supper went to the show.  Dick Powell & Dorothy Lamour in "Ridin' High".

Thursday 27th

Grounded today because of weather.  Cleaned up and went in to Sava, got back about 1900 & found out I'm a S/Sgt.

10 - Friday 28th

Target for Today:  City & Harbor Installations, Ortabella, Italy

The flak today was really something.  Heavy, intense and accurate.  Came back with our ship full of holes.  One piece came through my tail turret, ripped the elbow of my flying suit and lodged in my  flak suit.  We lost two more ships.

11 - Saturday 29th

Target for Today:  Submarine Pens, Toulon, France.

It wasn't too rough today.  We got a few holes and the flak was heavy & accurate.  Saw two more ships go down.  Received six letters from home.  The first since leaving Hamilton.

12 - Sunday 30th

Target for Today:  Marshalling yards, Alessandria, Italy.

No flak, no fighters & P38 escort.  Only a little flak on the way over & it was low.  Wish they were all like this.

May

Monday 1st

No Mission.  Mulhollan's crew finally got here, and it was sure good to see them.  They're in our squadron and the only crew we trained with that is here.

Tuesday 2nd

No mission again.  Took my laundry in town, then came back and read.  Went to the fights after supper.

Wednesday 3rd

Scheduled for Ploesti again, but they called it off at the last minute because of weather.  Lay around the tent & took it easy all day.

Thursday 4th

Weather still bad.  Lay around the tent & read.  Went to bed early.

14 - Friday 5th

Target for Today:  Marshalling yards & Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania.

It was rough again today.  Almost 200 heavy flak guns and they were plenty accurate.  We were hit by FW-190's & ME-109's after we got off the target.  They had us worried for a while, but we chased them off after about 30 minutes.

Saturday 6th

On guard last night so we didn't fly today.  I slept till noon, took a shower & read awhile.  Received my T-shirts from mom & she sent me a nice little heart stone with flake gold in it. I'm wearing it on my dog tags.

Sunday 7th

Were going to Bucharest, but the weather was bad so we had to turn back.

Monday 8th

No missions.  Lay around the tent most of the day.  Went in after my laundry, and went to the show after supper.  "Reveille with Beverly"

Tuesday 9th

No mission again today.  We've done nothing special.  I took out $45 more allotment.

Wednesday 10th

No flying.  Lay around the tent and read most of the day.

Thursday 11th

Still no mission.  Slept late this morning, read this afternoon and wrote Jim a letter.  We'll probably fly tomorrow so I'm going to bed early.

Friday 12th

15 -Target for Today:  Marshalling yards, San Stefano, Italy.

Did a good job today, but had a little trouble.  Our #4 engine went out about 30 minutes from the target, but we decided to try and make it.  We dropped behind the formation & made a run of our own.  Those guns really had our range but we got away.  Had a good pattern on the target and the group was commended by 15th A.F.

16 -Saturday 13th

Target for Today:  Marshalling yards, Giecceingo, Italy

A wonderful day.  No flak, no fighters, Did a good job on the target.

17 -Sunday 14th

Target for Today:  Freight sheds & warehouses, Vinicinza, Italy

No fighters & very little flak.  Carried 500 lb. incendiary, & they were really a sight going off over the Target.

Monday 15th

Missing

Monday 22nd

No flying.  Went to the beach this afternoon & to the show this evening.  "Sweet Rosie O'Grady"

Tuesday 23rd

19 -Target for Today:  Enemy Troop concentrations, Anzio Beachhead, Italy.

Had a fine day, but the target was closed in.  The flak was moderate, but pretty accurate.  Four ships cracked up on the runway coming in. 

21 - Wednesday 24th

Target for Today:  Hanger Installations, Heinkel Factory, Weiner Neustadt, Austria.

Well, it was a rough day.  We were hit by about 75 ME-109's just before we got to the target.  They knocked down six planes out of the group.  I got one ME and one probable.  The flak over the target was heavy, intense and accurate, & we were in it almost 20 minutes.  Six ships cracked up when up got back. 

22 - Thursday 25th

Target for Today:  Port Mehgehre, Italy.

A good day.  No fighter oppositions.  Flak was heavy, but it was 1000 ft below us. 

23 - Friday 26th

Target for Today:  Marshalling yards & Machine Shops, Nice, France.

The flak was heavy and of moderate intensity, but inaccurate.  We had a beautiful bomb pattern right on the target.  There was no fighter opposition.

Saturday 27th

No flying.  Went in town and got my laundry.  Read & slept the rest of the day. 

Sunday 28th

Went to church this morning.  Another very good sermon.  Went to the beach this afternoon, and they had fights out in the ring this evening.

25 - Monday 29th

Target for Today:  Plane Factory, Weiner  Neustadt, Austria.

Again the flak was heavy, intense and accurate.  There were Ju-88's, ME-109's, FW-190's ME-210's & ME-410's all around the target, but our escort took care of them for us.  There were dogfights all over the target area.

27 -Tuesday 30th

Target for Today:  Plane Factory, Weiner Neustadt, Austria.

The flak was plenty rough again, and on the way back we ran into about 20 ME-109's.  I got another probably.  We lost no ships out f this squadron, but the group lost a few. 

29 - Wednesday 31st

Target for Today:  Oil Fields , Ploesti, Rumania.

Another rough day.  Flak was heavy, intense & accurate.  Plenty of it.  After we got off the target we were hit by fighters.  Lost two planes.

June

Thursday 1st

Group stand down.  Took my laundry in town, then lay around and read the rest of the day.  Jeff went to rest camp this morning.

Friday 2nd

Didn't fly today.  Slept most of the day, read a while.  Then went to the show this evening.  Bob Hope & Betty Hutton in "Let's Face It"

Saturday 3rd

No flying again today.  I don't think Browne, Allan & I will do any more flying till we get back from rest camp.  Read part of the day.  Got the Air Medal this afternoon.

Sunday 4th

Went to brunch this morning.  Sermon was taken from Acts 16: 25-31.  It was very good.

Monday 5th

Today we're at rest camp.  Santa Cesarea.  It's about 25 miles past Lecce on the Adriatic Sea.  You can see the Albanian coast from the hotel terrace.  It's really a nice hotel we're staying in.  Double rooms with two swell beds, mattresses & sheets.  Eat in the dining hall with everything served to us by Italian waiters.  Italians take care of our rooms for us also.

Tuesday 6th

Slept late this morning and went boating this afternoon.  There's not much to do around here except rest, but that's good enough for me.  The invasion started today.

Wednesday 7th

I read all morning then slept all afternoon.  They had a show this evening and it was very good.  Bing Crosby in "Going My Way"

Thursday 8th

Slept late this morning, read a while after breakfast.  Sat out on the terrace in the sun all afternoon.

Friday 9th

Read this morning then lay out on the beach this afternoon.  Went to the show this evening.  Pat O'Brien in "The Iron Major"

Saturday 10th

They had church service this morning out on the terrace.  The truck is picking us up this evening.  Kinda hate to leave but I hear there's a war on.

Sunday 11th

Went to church here on the field this morning.  A very good text on the Lord's Supper and Communion.

Monday 12th

No flying today.  Lay around the tent, slept, and read.

31 - Tuesday 13th

Target for Today:  FW-190 Factory, Munich, Germany.

This was our first mission in quite awhile and it was a rough one.  There were about 300 heavy flak guns & they were flinty accurate.  Came back with our ship full of holes & every engine had at least two pieces of flak in it.  We had to feather #3 and we landed with a flat nose wheel.  There were plenty of fighters, but our escort kept them away. 

Wednesday 14th

Scheduled for a mission, but it was cancelled because of weather.  Slept and read all day.

Thursday 15th

Weather still bad so no flying.  Went to an Italian stage show tonight.

32 - Friday 16th

Target for Today:  Synthetic Oil & rubber Refinery, Bradoslav, Czechoslovakia

Ran into some ME-109's & JU-88's before we got to the target & after we left the target, but it wasn't too bad.  They got one plane however.  The flak over the target was moderate.

Saturday 17th

Scheduled for a mission, but the weather was bad, so it was cancelled.

Sunday 18th

Went to Church this morning. His sermon was excellent.  I slept this afternoon, read a while tonight.

Monday 19th

No flying again.  Lay around the tent most of the day.  Took my laundry in town this morning.  Received mom's & dad's pictures today.  They're good and I was sure glad to get them.

Tuesday 20th

No flying.  Spent another lazy day in the tent reading.

Wednesday 21st

Another mission cancelled because of bad weather.  Don't think it will clear up for a few days.

Thursday 22nd

Weather still bad.  Getting plenty of rest this month.

Friday 23rd

Weather still hasn't cleared.

33 - Saturday 24th

Target for Today:  Oil Fields, Ploesti, Rumania.

Flak was intense, heavy, & accurate, and there were plenty of fighters.  Escort didn't show till too late.  Capt. Robinson went down today.

34 - Sunday 25th

Target for Today:  Submarine Pens, Toulon, France.

Made it to the target but the weather was bad, & the target closed in.  The little flak we had was light & inaccurate.

Monday 26th

Slept most of the day, and read some.  Went to the show this evening.  Ritz Brothers  & Frances

Langford.  It was good.

35 - Tuesday 27th

Target for Today:  Marshalling Yard, Brad, Yugoslavia.

Demolished the target & encountered very light flak.  No fighters.  Went to see Andy Hardy in "Andy's Double Life" tonight.

Wednesday 28th

Didn't fly today.  Had an inspection by 15th Air Force officers and we took first in the Wing.

Thursday 29th

Stand down today.  Slept late, read, and wrote the folks this afternoon.

36 - Friday 30th

Target for Today:  Oil Fields, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

Ran into a little flak, but no fighters.  The target was weathered in.

July

Saturday 1st

No flying.  Slept and read all day.

Sunday 2nd

Target for Today:  Budapest Hungary.

We developed a bad gas leak on the way to the target, so had to drop our bombs and turn back.

37 - Monday 3rd

Target for Today:  Marshalling yards, Guigina, Rumania.

Twenty-five minutes from the Target we went over a heavy field of flak which knocked out our #2 engine & put a hold in #1 supercharger so we had to turn back.

Tuesday 4th

No flying.  Lay around the tent and read.  Spent a safe & sane Fourth of July.

38 - Wednesday 5th

Target for Today:  Submarine Pens, Toulon, France.

Flak over the target was heavy, of moderate intensity and fairly accurate.  No fighter opposition.

Thursday 6th

No flying.  Wrote three letters this afternoon and went to a French Stage Show this evening.

39 -Friday 7th

Target for Today:  Marshalling yard, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

Flak was moderate and no fighter opposition.

41 - Saturday 8th

Target for Today:  Oil Fields, Ploesti, Rumania.

Flak was intense, heavy, & accurate.  There were fighters over the target, but our escort took care of them.  We had to feather one engine just before we got to the I.P. and dropped behind the formation, but luckily no fighters hit us.  God was with us.

Sunday 9th

Didn't fly.  Went to Manduria this afternoon for our laundry.

Monday 10th

No flying today.  Group stand-down.  Lay around the tent, read, and slept.

Tuesday 11th

Stand-down again.  Got up early and went to Toronto.  It's a pretty good sized town, and we looked it over, went down to the harbour for a while.  Came back about 17:30.

42 - Wednesday 12th

Target for Today:  Railroad Bridge, Theocle, France.

Flak was of moderate intensity and fairly accurate, but no ships were lost.  We ran low on gas, and stopped at Corsica to refuel.  Got back about 16:30.

Thursday 13th

Slept late this morning.  Went in to Manduria this afternoon to see the stage play "Over 21".  It's a play from New York brought overseas by the USO and I enjoyed it more than anything I've seen since we got over here.

Friday 14th

Lay around the tent & read.  Wrote the folks & Aunt Myrtle letters this afternoon.

43 - Saturday 15th

Target for Today:  Oil Fields, Ploesti, Rumania.

Same as usual.  Plenty of flak & fighters.  Col. Snaith got a direct hit & blew up.  Mullhallans ship was shot up bad.  Hullhollan, Magna, & Healy were all hit.

Sunday 16th

Went to church this morning & to the hospital this afternoon to see the boys.  They're going to be all right.

Monday 17th

Stand-down. Lay around the tent and read most of the day.  A truck went to Bari at 14:00 this afternoon so we went along.  It's a pretty nice town.  We messed around till 2200, then came back.

Tuesday 18th

Started to Friedrichshafer, Germany, but the weather was bad so we had to turn back.  Took laundry in to Manduria and got some ice cream at the Red Cross this afternoon.

45 – Wednesday – 19th

Target for Today: ME-410 Factory, Munich, Germany.

Flak was intense, heavy, and accurate.  Lt. Howell got a direct hit in his bomb-bay, burned & blew up.  Five chutes were seen.  Three 109's made one pass at us and left.  Our escort was having plenty to do though. 

Thursday – 20th

Stayed on the ground today.  Got our rations this morning, and went to an Arabian stage show this afternoon.  I liked it so well that I went again this evening.

Friday – 21st

We're not flying again today.  Slept late this morning, and lay around the tent reading most of the day.  Went to a very good show this evening.  "Two Girls & A Sailor" with Harry James & his Orchestra, Jimmie Durante, Lena Horne, Virginia O'Brien, Jose Hesbi & much more talent.  I really enjoyed it.

46 - Saturday – 22nd

Target for Today:  Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania.

 Well, Ploesti was a "milk" run today, but for only one reason.  The lead navigator was off course and missed the target by about 5 miles.  Flak over the target was as rough as ever.

Sunday – 23rd

Went to Church this morning.  Had communion service.  Lay around and read all day.

Monday  - 24th

No flying.  Lay around & slept and read.

Tuesday – 25th

Still no flying.  We're getting plenty of rest.

Wednesday – 26th

Well, there was a mission today, but we weren't scheduled.  Some of the boys went to Toronto.  Got our beer and coke today.

Thursday – 27th

No flying.  Wrote a letter home & spent the day sleeping and reading.  Got our rations.

Friday – 28th

Spent another lazy day doing nothing.  Went to the show this evening.

Saturday – 29th

Still no flying.  We were scheduled, but the mission was cancelled.

Sunday – 30th

Went to church this morning.  Today is Mother's Birthday.

Monday – 31st

Scheduled for Ploesti, but it was cancelled.  Went to the show tonight.

August

Tuesday  - 1st

Lay around, read and slept all day.

Wednesday – 2nd

Went in to Sava & Manduria for a while.  Ate some potatoes and eggs.

47 – Thursday – 3rd

Target for Today: Ora Bridge, Italy

Nice day.  No fighters, no flak.  We destroyed the target.

Friday – 4th

No fling today.  Lay around the tent, read & slept.

Saturday – 5th

Still no flying.  Slept some more.

48 – Sunday – 6th

Target for Today:  Sub Pens, Toulon, France.

Flak was plenty accurate.  We had some big holes, almost got a direct hit.  Lost our electrical system & had both sets of control cables frayed.  My activating system was shot out, got a big hole in my turret & the big thing that happened, Shergold got back from enemy territory.

49 – Monday – 7th

Target for Today: Air Field, Alibumar, Yugoslavia.

A good day.  No fighters.  No flak.  Bill and I want over to the laundry lady after I got down, then went to the show last night.

Tuesday – 8th

No flying.  Slept late. Developed some pictures this afternoon.  Bill left today for Bari.  He's leaving for home the 12th.

Wednesday – 9th

Wrote the folks this morning.  Played cards a while this afternoon.

50 – Thursday – 10th

Target for Today: Romano-Americano Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania.

Flak was usual.  Intense, heavy & accurate.  Every one came back all shot up.   Lost two planes.  Our escort was right there.  I finished my missions today with 37 sorties, 251 hours 35 min. operational hours & 35 hours & 15 min. non-operational.  Total hours 286.50.  Went to see Jack Haley & Mary Bryan tonight.  Went to church this evening, also.

Friday – 11th

Turned in my flying equipment and personnel equipment this morning.  Went to the show this evening.  Wrote a letter home this afternoon.

Saturday - 12th

Lay around the tent this morning.  Took a sun bath this afternoon.  Went to bed early.

Sunday – 13th

Didn't got to church this morning.  Was going to fly then found out we weren't It was too late then to go to church.

Monday – 14th

Lay around the tent all day.  Went outside a while this afternoon & played cards.

Tuesday – 15th

Played cards again today.  Took a sun bath.

Wednesday – 16th

Had a big inspection today.  Lay in the sun a while his afternoon.  Had a few drinks tonight with Tony.  Received four packages from home today.

Thursday – 17th

Went to Bari today with Bishop, Browne, and Major North.  Rode around the town while the Major was in 15th AF Hq. and bought some patches.

Friday – 18th

Lay around the tent most of the day.  Went into Oria and got some ice cream.  Saw a good show tonight.  "In Old Oklahoma".

Saturday – 19th

Read all morning.  Supposed to get my Purple Heart this afternoon but it rained so the formation was called off. 

Sunday – 20th

Went to Church this morning.

Monday – 21st

Lay around most of the day.  Went in to Oria & got some ice cream & a watermelon.  Went to the show this evening. "Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble."

Tuesday – 22nd

Lay around again all day today.  Read awhile and lay out in the sun this afternoon.  Saw G.I. movies tonight.  Got our beer & coke today.  Received my Purple Heart this afternoon.

Wednesday – 23rd

The boys had a rough target today.  Swinewait went down.  One crew bailed out over the field.

Thursday – 24th

Played cards, read, and drank beer all day.

Friday – 25th

Went to Naples with Jeff today to get Capt. Colley.

Saturday – 26th

Didn't do anything new today.  Lay around, read, & sat out in the sun awhile.  Made T/Sgt today.

Sunday – 27th

156 landed at Foggia today all shot up.  Went to church this morning.  There was a good show tonight.  "The Winter Time.

Monday – 28th

Lay in bed all day today.  Wasn't feeling good & had a little temperature.

Tuesday – 29th

Feeling better today.  Developed a few pictures this morning.  Sat out in the sun and read a while this afternoon.  Went to G.I. movies tonight.

Wednesday – 30th

Went to the beach this afternoon, and took some laundry over this evening.  Joe Louis put on an exhibition here tonight & also Jackie Wilson.  They had four bouts between local boys.

Thursday – 31st

Got our rations this morning & paid this afternoon. Developed pictures this evening.

September

Friday – 1st

Lay around all day.  Went to the show this evening. "Follow the Boys".

Saturday – 2nd

Read this morning.  Played Blackjack all afternoon.

Sunday – 3rd

Went to Church this morning.  A lot of our boys got back from Rumania today.

Monday – 4th

Read & slept all day.  Went to the show this evening.  Shamblin's crew went down today.

Tuesday – 5th

Played cards most of the day.  Saw a good stage show last night.  Ben Lyons & Beebee Daniels.

Wednesday – 6th

Browne, J. D. Allen & I took a plane to the reception center at Naples today.  Got here about 2p.m., were processed & had our showdown.  It shouldn't be long before we're on our way home.

Thursday – 7th

Lay around, slept & read, all day.  Went to the fights this evening.

Friday – 8th

Read this morning, slept this afternoon, and went to the show tonight.  "Home In ?"

We got a couple cans of beer today.

Saturday – 9th

Lay around again all day.  Saw a stage show tonight.  "Harlem Cavalcade".

Sunday – 10th

Took shots this morning.  Went to Church this evening.

Monday – 11th

Joe shipped out today, but Browne & I are still around.  Maybe we'll leave in the morning.