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Diary Book 1: Sept 1944 - June 1945


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Page 08b
Some before us had all their
clothes taken from them & wore
wooden shoes - green trousers
foreign blouses. - used to outfit
German troups for work behind
Am. lines.  cold - no clothing - transit
CP. Group move out after 3 days
& we secured bunk & got in A Co
- Chow co. - Went for chow & did
details - received extra chow.
2 soups a day.  Jerry coffee often
in morn 1/2 loaf of bread & marg. jam
- Red Cross food several times a week
bad coffee 3 times a week - 5 sig traded
sig. for food. acquired extra bread.