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[[War Diaries (nonfiction)|War Diary]] quotations for [[September 3]].
[[War Diaries (nonfiction)|War Diary]] entries for [[September 3]].


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== Diaries ==
== Diaries ==
=== George Beck: September 3, 1941 ===
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Two years today since war was declared, how time passes. Wonder how much longer I’ve to be caged up. Received third clothing parcel from Alice. Roll on that boat.
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—[[George Beck (nonfiction)|George Beck]],1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
* http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck.htm


=== Sid Phillips: September 3, 1942 ===
=== Sid Phillips: September 3, 1942 ===
Private Sid Phillips celebrated his 18th birthday on September 2, 1942, on Guadalcanal. The next day, he got his first letter from home since he had landed on the island nearly one month earlier. It was, he wrote back, "the best birthday present possible."


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Sid
Sid
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—Private [[Sid Phillips (nonfiction)|Sid Phillips]] (letter)
=== George Beck: September 3, 1944 ===
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Arm still in bad condition, on cod liver oil, orange tablets and a course of six needles. Roll on when the operation is over.
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—[[George Beck (nonfiction)|George Beck]],1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
* http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck1.htm


== In the News ==
== In the News ==
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[George Beck (nonfiction)]]
* [[Sid Phillips (nonfiction)]]
* [[War (nonfiction)]]
* [[War (nonfiction)]]
* [[War Diaries (nonfiction)]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck.htm
* [https://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home_communication_letters_diaries.htm The War at Home] @ PBS
* [https://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home_communication_letters_diaries.htm The War at Home] @ PBS
* http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck1.htm


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Latest revision as of 06:44, 25 May 2020

War Diary entries for September 3.

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Diaries

George Beck: September 3, 1941

Two years today since war was declared, how time passes. Wonder how much longer I’ve to be caged up. Received third clothing parcel from Alice. Roll on that boat.

George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)

Sid Phillips: September 3, 1942

September 3, 1942
Guadalcanal Island

Dear Mother, Dad, Katharine, and John:

Yesterday we got our first mail, the best birthday present possible for me. ... After mail call everybody would be nice and quiet when suddenly somebody would curse in a loud voice and shout, "Alice got married." It really was funny. Cherokee got word that he is out in the cold and really surprised us all. One fellow in our squad got a box of cookies that had been reduced to dust and the dust was soon reduced leaving an empty box…. Daddy! You absent-minded prof. When you write to mother, you better mail it to her and not accidentally put it in my letter. I destroyed it and didn’t show it to the boys though, just to show what a sport I am ...

Tell everybody hello for me…

Love
Sid

—Private Sid Phillips (letter)

George Beck: September 3, 1944

Arm still in bad condition, on cod liver oil, orange tablets and a course of six needles. Roll on when the operation is over.

George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)

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