JUNE 6 1944

Mike Mayhew · 06-06-2007, 11:50 PM

I'm thumbing thru a 60+ year old scrapbook here. My dads letters home, maps, original orders and clippings. Thought I'd share a little, not that my dad was any different than the rest of the day, indeed they were ALL the GREATEST, as you guys agree.

After the Paris Liberation I read he went on up farther in to France. He wrote of seeing little communities with many graves. They mostly said.........American soldier--Name--Date-- World War # 1---1918.
From there to Belgium, Luxemburg, to Germany, back to Aachen, then to Bastogne. ( a very bad time ), then to Belgium at Battalion Headquarters, just as it was being surrounded by the Germans.
This was a bad time. On December 16th they were in the middle of the German offensive, surrounded, and my dad wrote to my mom from the foxhole :

............I sometimes wonder if I will ever get home. Honey, when the shells start falling and the robot planes come over, you sometimes wonder if it ever pays, and then God brings you thru once again and you are grateful.............

I'm sure a synopsis of every letter, from every foxhole.
There are so many interesting ones here.
The Greatest Generation for sure. Just thought I'd share for those that were interested

Mike ( madness & ) Mayhem

06-06-2007, 11:50 PM	#11
Mike Mayhew Banned Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Savannah Ga. Posts: 124 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm thumbing thru a 60+ year old scrapbook here. My dads letters home, maps, original orders and clippings. Thought I'd share a little, not that my dad was any different than the rest of the day, indeed they were ALL the GREATEST, as you guys agree. After the Paris Liberation I read he went on up farther in to France. He wrote of seeing little communities with many graves. They mostly said.........American soldier--Name--Date-- World War # 1---1918. From there to Belgium, Luxemburg, to Germany, back to Aachen, then to Bastogne. ( a very bad time ), then to Belgium at Battalion Headquarters, just as it was being surrounded by the Germans. This was a bad time. On December 16th they were in the middle of the German offensive, surrounded, and my dad wrote to my mom from the foxhole : ............I sometimes wonder if I will ever get home. Honey, when the shells start falling and the robot planes come over, you sometimes wonder if it ever pays, and then God brings you thru once again and you are grateful............. I'm sure a synopsis of every letter, from every foxhole. There are so many interesting ones here. The Greatest Generation for sure. Just thought I'd share for those that were interested Mike ( madness & ) Mayhem