War Diaries (June 15) (nonfiction)
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Isaac Lyman Taylor: June 15, 1863
Resume our march at 3 A.M. Ambulances crowded with the fruits of yesterday's march
—Isaac Lyman Taylor, Company E, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.
George Beck: June 3, 1941
Search in camp for tobacco. Lost two packets given me by the Poles. Hid them under the bed but they were found. No news. What a life, same routine day in day out.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
George Beck: June 15, 1944
German newspaper today gives the name of first prisoner of war to be captured in France. He was an American and he dropped by parachute right in divisional headquarters. A German officer who had spent years in England, and captained the team eleven at Cambridge University said "Hands up old man your invasion is over". Reply, "Yes, thank heavens".
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
Tatsusei Yogi: June 15, 1945
Constant bombing from morning to night. Sachiko kept crying so we left the mountains and had soft rice at a house and slept under the eaves.
—Tatsusei Yogi was a Japanese civilian in Okinawa.
- A Wartime Diary by Tatsusei Yogi, edited by Takashi Yogi
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