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Journal Entry Dec 21-Finally Some Sleep


Interactive map 12/21/44



Dec. 21 Slept till 07:30-All the sleep I've had in 2 1/2 days.

Out to survey at 01:45-No soap (means the same as no luck)- Just got in 6 stations NW out of Libermont when C.S.M.O. rejoined H. Q. Btry

Convoy through gas dump thence to Manton- T.D. Col. reported to have pulled all his rank to keep outfits fighting for Libermont- Slept in Monton City Hall in attic.

Guard 0200 to 03:30


Lu, in Ray Hight's book: On December 21, after we were out of the bulge and had gone down into France to regroup, our mail caught up with us. It had been three weeks, and it was a wonderful Christmas Present!Letters from home, including those from my mother and Leona, boosted my morale, and I was especially pleased to read about Lynne. My dad, still in Iran, could send his mail out of the American embassy in Teheran, as well as the APO, so we could exchange letters faster than those going to and coming from the States.


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