War Diaries (May 2) (nonfiction)

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War Diary entries for May 2

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George M. Battey, Jr.: May 2, 1918

Convoy separated, 12 vessels proceeding with us to Brest. Wireless intercepted requesting extra deep anchorage, and we concluded Leviathan (Vaterland) was putting in. Arrived Brest 4 P. M.; passed near Leviathan, full of troops, some shoving off on liberty. Prometheus restored liberty. Movies on the Panther.

—George M. Battey, Jr. (war diary)

Isham B. Hudson: May 2, 1919

Isham Hudson diary - May 2, 1919.

"On Fame's eternal camping ground
their silent tents are spread.
And glory guards with
solemn hearts
The bivouac of the dead."

Here's a little book, Minnie,
I give with hesitation.
But once I'm home I'll send one
With many a recitation.

2 May 1919
Poems of Power 165 p[ages]
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

—Private Isham B. Hudson (nonfiction), Company M, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division ("The Rainbow Division") (diary)

George Beck: May 2, 1941

Germans allowed us to listen to ‘Lord Haw Haw’ on the wireless. According to his propaganda we are still retreating, there must be some motive for it. We’re practically finished the way he talks but we’ll have to wait and see. Propaganda doesn’t kill the old English spirit.

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

George Beck: May 2, 1943

Walked round the works till we were fed up. Stood by the fence and watched the Russian men and women pass. It is a shame that women should be prisoners of war. Slipped bread and cigarettes to them, we’ve done this for a few weeks now and they look forward to it. Some of the women are terribly dressed, how the German people can see them walk about like this I don’t know, Germany will pay later on for the way they’re being treated, poor devils. No news regarding the war. Roll on.

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

Tatsusei Yogi: May 2, 1945

At Maehira we found an empty hut which people told us was an army officer's hut. We slept peacefully in it. We decided not to go to Mabuni because we were so tired. We wept at the kindness of the village people of Maehira.

—Tatsusei Yogi (diary)

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