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Diary Book 1: Sept 1944 - June 1945


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Page 18b
we will eat tonight
before retiring.  Besides
that I had a tremendous
stew of potatoes, peas,
& flour, but I gave most
of that away.  Some fellows
have meat from pigs &
cows & Chickens that
they are cooking up, but
I have enough (too much)
not to bother about that.
Rumors have it that Russian
cooks will be here tomorrow
& we will get two meals a day.
What a time!  Nothing
has ever compared to this.
Apr. 25 Everyone  has left the
camp today & has more food
than he can eat.  Norm & I
left early picked up a couple
of bikes & rode around the
countryside - typical rural