July 7, 1943
Wednesday Night
Dear Mom,
Just a line to-night saying everything is o.k. It has been a swell day, not too hot with a nice breeze. We fixed a Battalion problem to-day. Sure was glad it wasn't hot. I wilt as it was.
As we were in the mortar park cleaning the guns the other day, I looked up and behind a supply building was the top from an old packing case of some kind. Someone had taken some white chalk and made a big E. K. It made me think of Eugene.(Eugene Knight)
I just finished some clothes. Kind of getting things ready. It shouldn't be long now before I sail for home.(Though he is going by railroad.) When I send the telegram don't say too much about it then I can have plenty of time with you at first.
We had some corn for dinner. Gee, what sorry corn.(Many people planted their own corn in Maine during that time. Nothing like FRESH corn picked that day you husk and eat it.) It had no taste at all. Lucky to be eating I guess but don't think the Army has everything.
Well, Mom, have a good chance to go to bed and get a night's rest. I sure could stand some sleep. Good Night. Love to All. Hope to see Maine soon.
Love,
Charles
^^Jul 7 Erich Hartmann shoots 7 Russian aircraft at Kursk. Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 – 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. Hartmann amassed 352 kills over 30 months. Most of these kills happened on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union. Hartmann was captured after the war by American forces.
Erich Hartmann
^^Jul 7 Liberator bombers sinks U-517
^^Jul 7 German Submarine U-951 sunk by depth charges, off Cape St. Vincent in the North Atlantic
U 951
Soldier gets home for holiday
when stranger pays for airfare
copyright for any personal material Peter Lagasse
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