February 27, 1944
February 27, 1944 Continuation of No. 6 Palermo, Sicily Dear Folksies, Our boys finally had their baseball game with our friends the rival hospital. The latter expected us to be easy pickings, and, after our pitcher walked the first three men purposely, they were even more convinced that it would be a cinch. Imagine […]
February 26, 1944
February 26, 1944 No. 6 Palermo, Sicily Dear Folksies, Everything has been purty slow during this last week. Bill Kuzell and I had a rushing business for some days there, everything in that line has calmed down and we could consolidate our three wards into one if we so desired. Have felt fine, […]
February 19, 1944
February 19, 1944 No. 5 Palermo, Sicily Dear Folksies, When it rains it pours – and it has been doing just that of late, (i.e. on and off with occasional startling snow) – I wrote that we had finally gotten an ENT man – yes, but that isn’t all. We got another new Capt. […]
February 17, 1944
February 17, 1944 No. 4 Palermo, Sicily Dear Folksies, The weather here has been rather invigorating of late, that is, if one has guts enough to stay out in it – it’s nice and crisp and the wind that comes down off the snow on the mountains kind of freezes your exposed parts. But, personally, […]
February 12, 1944
February 12, 1944 No. 3 Palermo, Sicily Dear Folksies, This week our basketball team didn’t do so badly. They won a game for a change and then proceeded to give the M.P.’s a good fight, only to lose by a few points. However, that M.P. game was really not much of a basketball game, […]
February 8, 1944
February 8, 1944 Conclusion of No. 2 Palermo, Sicily Dear Folksies, You should have seen me the other night. Not having slept well, and having been up rather late for several nights in a row, I decided that I would take some sodium amytal and go to bed early and get a good sleep, […]
February 5, 1944
February 5, 1944 No. 2 Palermo, Sicily Dear Folksies, Gee, I didn’t realize that so much time had elapsed since my last epistle to you, but I have really been kept plenty busy. Tho’ most of the hospital has been going along pretty much on an even keel, I, for some reason or other […]