War Diaries (November 8) (nonfiction)
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War Diary quotations for November 8
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George Beck: November 8, 1940
Still snowing and freezing. No cigarettes. Tried to smoke bark off trees but it was like poison. Some of the lads stole a few potatoes and boiled them over candles. Others set fire to blacking. What would I give for a Blighty meal now.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
George Beck: November 8, 1942
No news. Weather terribly cold. Received clothing 6th parcel from wife also cigarettes. Clocks in Germany have been put back an hour; it is now dark at five o’clock. I am still living in high hopes and smiling. Roll on.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)