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January 24th Journal Entry


Jan 24 Moved to Tavigney. Nice house but crowded.

Cliff Hope: We moved again on 24 January, this time to Tavigny, northeast of Rouette and a short distance southeast of recently recaptured Houffalize. This move dispelled rumors that the VIII Corps was moving to Strasbourg or The Riviera. Our party shared two upstairs rooms and it was really crowded. After the beds or mattresses we had in the last three villages, the floor was very hard. The temperature slipped to two degrees. We had to melt snow to have water. Bruno, Elting, Ziegler, Okie and I missed the setup we had at Rouette. In my diary I wrote that Kindel was driving everyone crazy with his imitation of Ned Sparks. "Everyone's becoming slightly wacky anyway."


Ned Sparks was a Canadian-born character actor of the American stage and screen. Sparks was known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice. Wikipedia

Want to see a compilation of "Sparkletts"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8nJ8YjhMaA

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