Journal Entry February 25-Sunday

Feb-25 Services and classes

From: https://www.sarahsundin.com/today-in-world-war-ii-history-february-25-1945/

Today in WWII history, February 25th 1945
US M26 Pershing tanks are first used in combat in Europe, by the US 3rd Armored Division near the Roer River.

Cliff Hope: From 16 December until our arrival in Bleialf, it had been almost impossible to wash our clothes. At least, I hadn't done so. On the fourth Sunday of February, Bruno and I finally broke down and washed all our clothes except the ones we were wearing. I made proper note of the occasion in my diary, "Bruno and I went to show in afternoon and then returned to wash clothes in big pot outside--how we wever drove ourselves to do it beats me. I swear I'll never wash anything again." the pot was a huge iron one. We built a fire under it, filled it with water and threw in some soap and the clothes and brought it all to a boil. We made an attempt at rinsing our laundry, but soap reappeared in streaks on our uniforms whenever it rained for some weeks thereafter; at least we smelled of GI soap instead of dirt and sweat.

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