Winsor War Notes-Luther Snow Winsor's WW II experiences

From Rae Hight's book: The brass ordered us to check the homes to be sure there weren't any cells working n the small towns and that no one was hiding armaments. The situation seemed almost comical, and at the doors we'd say, :We need to come and look, Do you have any active firearms here?" "now, we don't". "Okay, thank you." We completed our searches pretty rapidly and didn't collect much of anything. 

Bensheim Germany July 20th 1945 Dearest Mom, I started to get a letter off to you last night about midnight. I was corporal of the guard on duty in the orderly room. But an electrical storm was commencing and I no sooner got paper and pen out than a crash of lightning hit the power relay station nearby and all the lights went out. That storm was a beaut. Great jagged forks of lightning playing everywhere and the thunder sounded like all the artillery in the E.T.O. (European theater of operations) was sounding off in unison. In between flashes it was pitch black but most of the time (for about a half hour) you could read street signs a block away it was so bright. One triple forked bolt lit up the castle up on the hill and really made an eerie scene. You (You) know this is the first place I've seen actual balls of lightning. They looked like balls of fire.  Mail came in at last yesterday. A big batch of it and it was really swell to hear what's going on at hom

Bob Hope Show  View from Castle Is this the first photo of Lu in his Aviator glasses?  Brochure

Marilu: I can't find any information about this movie. There was a short military film made using popular stars, but the one I found did not feature the ones he mentions. The film was an instruction concerning how Germans could get military information out of British service men.  There was a popular radio quiz show by this name, but I doubt this had anything to do with that. 

July 16th - Rough time on ball diamond. Marilu: What a relief this must have been after the discomforts, uncertainty and fear of just a few months before as they went through the battle of the bulge.  The following clipping, dated at the time Lu was in the area. He doesn't say he saw this, but it is safe to say he probably did. Very interesting that he and Wickie were in the USU production of Carmen several years later. This opera remained a favorite for them for a life time. 

July 13th Friday Dearest Mom and All, It's been too darn long since I wrote last and there's no excuse. I've been hoping like all get out that each succeeding day would bring some definite news of what the future holds but doggone it, some one just wants to keep that news to themselves. I can find out the approximate sailing dates of a dozen outfits around here, but ours! Not a chance! The only real information that is going around now is that the VI corps (the corps 2nd FOB is assigned to) is going to be relieved of its duties here in Bensheim by the permanent occupation force some time in the last part of next week. That means we'll probably move. But where to I da-know. Probably into the field and tents like a few other Battalions are doing right now. It may be a move closer home-can't tell.VI Corps is scheduled to leave soon but whether units like ours will go with them or not isn't stated. All that's fairly certain is that we are to be redepl

Lu did not record this trip in his journal, so what we have is his photos and memorabilia from the scrapbook

July 4th Corporal of guard July 5th-15th Lounging around. Work on equipment and trailer, Swimming Pool in afternoon.