War Diaries (February 24) (nonfiction)
War Diary entries for February 24
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Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly: February 24, 1863
Our wood chopper, Henry Howe, being a runaway soldier, four soldiers came to seize him on the ground where he was chopping, and carried him off.
- Civil War diary entries by Connie McCammon @ swsmw.org (May 9, 2012)
Kenneth Zill: February 24, 1952
I’m feeling pretty good right now, had most of the day off. Spent one hour this morning guarding 214 cases of beer. They don’t trust the boys in E Company, we gotta keep a guy there with a loaded gun all the time. It sorta discourages a guy from trying to hook a couple of cases.
We had church services here tonight. They were about half a mile down the road. It started at 6 pm, and it was kinda chilly out there.
We went up to dig on our positions yesterday and found a couple dozen dead Koreans laying up there. They got killed during their big spring offensive last spring. We found one hole with 15 piled up in it. It just about turns your stomach to look at them. When we find them like that behind our lines we usually just throw some dirt over them. It’s a heck of a way to bury a guy, but there’s not much else we can do.
Guess what, mail just came in and I got the pipe you sent me and honey, it’s really nice. I love it sweetheart, thanks a million for it. I wish I could thank you personally it, soon as I get home I will. Got the candles too, so now I can smoke my pipe and write letters after dark. It’s really swell of you to send me all this stuff and I love you for it. Didn’t get any letters tho, we’ll probably get some letters tomorrow.
- Letter from Kenneth Zill @ americanveteranscenter.org
George Beck: February 24, 1945
It is quite a long time since I dedicated a page to dear old Alice but tonight I just feel like that. Nearly five years have elapsed since I was taken prisoner and more than that since I was home during this time no doubt I shall practically be forgotten after all I could not expect a girl to be thinking of a chap away from him so long. These can never be recaptured, I trust Alice but even so, if she done any wrong I only hope she tells me and may be I can forgive her, I don’t expect her to be no angel for we are all human beings, but if she holds anything back and I find out, well, who knows what will happen. I’ve always been straight. Roll on. God knows I love her.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
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External links
- Civil War diary entries by Connie McCammon @ swsmw.org (May 9, 2012)
- http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck1.htm