November 1st 1944 Sunday-Journal entry-Rockets whistle

Nov 1, Out in Germany checking "B" Sd. Base (Sound Base)

Followed Main Rds. through Oudler & Burg Newland-

Took off B.M. on Hill by blown up Ob.Twr (Log)- (Observation Tower)

Down muddy side rds
Saw an all wood road being built.

Dinner of K-Ration and grapefruit.

German multi-barreled rocket gun pumped 8 or 9 rockets in rapid succession into hill from which we took off-
Whistle something terrific-

Learned details of great Debache at Lopscombe corners (Marilu-I'm not totally sure about that word, I wanted to say debacle, but there is clearly an 'h' there. I can't find any reference to this event either- at least so far)

Marilu-Lu's reference to an all wood road reminds me of the description of Corduroy Roads which were made of small logs placed close together. I think they were meant to keep vehicles from being mired in the mud, but could be really jarring to ride over.

A corduroy road or log road is a type of road or timber trackway made by placing logs, perpendicular to the direction of the road over a low or swampy area. The result is an improvement over impassable mud or dirt roads, yet rough in the best of conditions and a hazard to horses due to shifting loose logs. Wikipedia

German Multi-barreled Rocket Launchers

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Oct 25th, Wednesday-Journal Entry-Bombs and Guns

Oct 25-Lellig to Matternach- Tied in with Party 1 on R.R.- Lt Jones & G. S. scared out of house by civilian in sports roadster0 In at noon- Transferring notes to correct notebook all afternoon- O1:20 Big Buzz Bomb barely 200 ft. overhead-going south Thundering 400 M.P.H. Machine guns fire but miss. Buzz Bombs going into 1st Army positions Lu from Rae Hight's book : For quite a while, we surveyed the areas back and forth between and through Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg. Though the distances were not great, the continued movement required a certain amount of reorganizing each time. By the end of October we were in the Mompach-Berbourg area of eastern Luxemboug, near the front. It was not long before German shells landed not too far away. Our main reminders that the army was just a few kilometers away were the nightly visits by "Bed Check Charlie," buzz bombs that whizzed overhead each night about midnight. The V-1 flying bomb...

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Welcome to Winsor War Notes, the experiences of Luther Snow Winsor in World War Two. Subscribe to experience the day by day journal entries published on the matching day of the year for the time of his deployment to Europe and the Battle of the Bulge. Entries will include scans of the pages of his handwritten notes made at the time with a transcription and pertinent sections of the history he wrote later using these notes to jog his memories. The idea of this project is to publish and read the entries on the days of the year that they were originally written so we can get a feel for the weather setting and of the passage of time as it passed for him as he had these experiences. I will include relevant photos where possible. I suggest viewing Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan if you want a more graphic sense of what he was experiencing. He said that Saving Private Ryan was very realistic to his memories and Band of Brothers depicts many of the same kinds of things ...

November 4th 1945 Embarkation! Headed Home on the USS Westerly Victory ship

Watch for Lu's binoculars in many of his photos. They might be his best used acquisition from the war. This mimeographed newsletter is an interesting view into the voyage home.

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