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* [https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-j-hornbeck-a-highly-esteemed-citizen/henry-j-hornbecks-civil-war-diary-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-excerpts-1862-1863/ Diary of Henry J. Hornbeck] | * [https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-j-hornbeck-a-highly-esteemed-citizen/henry-j-hornbecks-civil-war-diary-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-excerpts-1862-1863/ Diary of Henry J. Hornbeck] | ||
* [https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-j-hornbeck-a-highly-esteemed-citizen/ Henry J. Hornbeck – A Highly Esteemed Citizen] | * [https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-j-hornbeck-a-highly-esteemed-citizen/ Henry J. Hornbeck – A Highly Esteemed Citizen] | ||
=== George Beck: June 21, 1943 === | |||
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Tonight I watched the Hitler Youths and girls march by, there were thousands of them and the girls looked lovely dressed in white and blue. Drummers were leading flags and banners rearing swastikas were flying, Red Cross nurses were there and firemen etc. They all formed in mass in a great field and a huge bonfire was set alight, community singing was held and a great speech was given, some parts related to the war, soldier at the front and England and Bolshevism. It was a wonderful sight and people came from all over, marvellous weather. | |||
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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 | |||
=== George Beck: June 21, 1944 === | |||
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Tonight I watched the big parade of Hitler Youth, firemen, soldiers, nurses, this is held every year on this day, the young girls looked wonderful dressed in white. Still on the lorry job. | |||
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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 | |||
=== Tatsusei Yogi: June 16, 1945 === | === Tatsusei Yogi: June 16, 1945 === | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[George Beck (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Henry J. Hornbeck (nonfiction)]] | * [[Henry J. Hornbeck (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Isaac L. Taylor (nonfiction) | * [[Isaac L. Taylor (nonfiction) | ||
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* [https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-j-hornbeck-a-highly-esteemed-citizen/henry-j-hornbecks-civil-war-diary-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-excerpts-1862-1863/ Diary of Henry J. Hornbeck] | * [https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-j-hornbeck-a-highly-esteemed-citizen/henry-j-hornbecks-civil-war-diary-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers-excerpts-1862-1863/ Diary of Henry J. Hornbeck] | ||
* [https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-j-hornbeck-a-highly-esteemed-citizen/ Henry J. Hornbeck – A Highly Esteemed Citizen] | * [https://47thpennsylvaniavolunteers.com/letters-home/the-scribes-of-the-47th-pennsylvania-volunteers/henry-j-hornbeck-a-highly-esteemed-citizen/ Henry J. Hornbeck – A Highly Esteemed Citizen] | ||
* http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck.htm | |||
* http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck.htm | |||
* [http://www2.cruzio.com/~yogi/diary.htm A Wartime Diary] by [[Tatsusei Yogi (nonfiction)|Tatsusei Yogi]], edited by [[Takashi Yogi (nonfiction)|Takashi Yogi]] | * [http://www2.cruzio.com/~yogi/diary.htm A Wartime Diary] by [[Tatsusei Yogi (nonfiction)|Tatsusei Yogi]], edited by [[Takashi Yogi (nonfiction)|Takashi Yogi]] | ||
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[[Category:War Diaries (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:War Diaries (nonfiction)]] | ||
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Diaries
Isaac Lyman Taylor: June 21, 1863
Leave Gainesville at 7 AM., pass through Haymarket & at 9-15 A.M. arrive at Thorofare Gap in the Bull Run Mountains Haymarket was once a small town but is now almost a "pile without inhabitants" It was burned by our forces in Nov. last.
—Isaac Lyman Taylor, Company E, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.
Henry J. Hornbeck: June 21, 1863
After dressing we mustered into service, one of the Blacks who arrived from New Orleans, into Quartermasters Department read the Army Regulations to him, and put a Military suit on him, had fine fun, making him swear by the dictionary &c.
—Henry J. Hornbeck’s Civil War diary (47th Pennsylvania Volunteers, excerpts: 1862-Early 1864). Hornbeck was stationed in Florida, near Key West, at the time of this diary entry.
George Beck: June 21, 1943
Tonight I watched the Hitler Youths and girls march by, there were thousands of them and the girls looked lovely dressed in white and blue. Drummers were leading flags and banners rearing swastikas were flying, Red Cross nurses were there and firemen etc. They all formed in mass in a great field and a huge bonfire was set alight, community singing was held and a great speech was given, some parts related to the war, soldier at the front and England and Bolshevism. It was a wonderful sight and people came from all over, marvellous weather.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
George Beck: June 21, 1944
Tonight I watched the big parade of Hitler Youth, firemen, soldiers, nurses, this is held every year on this day, the young girls looked wonderful dressed in white. Still on the lorry job.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
Tatsusei Yogi: June 16, 1945
We started to go to Hanja in the early morning, but later decided to go to Maezato instead. When we were passing Nagusuku there was a heavy bombing attack. So we took shelter behind a stone wall all day. Then we went to Hanja, dug a shallow hole, and slept.
—Tatsusei Yogi was a Japanese civilian in Okinawa.
- A Wartime Diary by Tatsusei Yogi, edited by Takashi Yogi
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- George Beck (nonfiction)
- Henry J. Hornbeck (nonfiction)
- [[Isaac L. Taylor (nonfiction)
- War (nonfiction)
- War Diaries (nonfiction)
- Tatsusei Yogi (nonfiction)
External links
- http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/25/v25i04p342-361.pdf (PDF)
- Diary of Henry J. Hornbeck
- Henry J. Hornbeck – A Highly Esteemed Citizen
- http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck.htm
- http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck.htm
- A Wartime Diary by Tatsusei Yogi, edited by Takashi Yogi