Queen Elizabeth |
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| This is a picture of the Queen Elizabeth ship. This was the ship that brought the men home after the war! |
VE DAY! |
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| A day celebrated around the world! |
Matchbook Cover |
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| This matchbook cover had the group's insignia on the cover. It was from the Army Air Base in Nebraska. |
Souvenir Postcard |
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| This is a souvenir postcard of Army & Navy YMCA Building in Honolulu, Hawaii. This postcard was sent April 9, 1943. |
One Of The Benefits Of Being A Soldier! |
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| Free Postage was one of the benefits of being a soldier! |
CONFIDENTIAL! |
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| All mail from the soldiers had to be censored by Army Examiner before it was put in the mail. The purpose of this: keep military secrets SECRET! |
50 Caliber Shell for Machine Gun |
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| This round was brought back from England after WWII ended. It was made in 1942. On the end of it is stamped the year it was made. They used to make these at Bridgeport Brass Company which was located in Bridgeport, Connecticut USA. |
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MIGHTY EIGHTH 2002I went to the Mighty Eighth Museum in Savannah, Georgia in May 2002. This is a great place to visit. If you get a chance you should go there! They have a lot of interesting displays, memorials, gift shop, restaurant, and even a library with a lot of information about the Mighty Eighth! |
"We're going home!" A Soldier's Tale: Told by: J.L. NelsonI can't believe it! We are finally going home. The war is over! We have been here (at Glatton) for eighteen months. And that amount of time wouldn't have seemed so long if this had been a trip for pleasure but it wasn't. It was war. It was war and it was hell. I knew it was going to be hell from the moment we were leaving the dock on our way over here. A lot of those guys were seasick from the moment we left the dock up until we finally got to land--2 weeks later. And those two weeks can be a very long time when you are there with a shipload of seasick men. How would you like to walk around in puke-ankle deep-for two weeks? At least I had enough sense to get the top bunk where no one could throw up on me while I was asleep. But I had a strong stomach back then. I stayed hungry the whole time. No wonder. Our meals consisted of white beans and cabbage twice a day. You lined up for your first meal in a big long line. When you finally got your tray, you better have a firm hold on it cause with that ship hitting those waves out there, you could lose your tray before you knew it. And you didnt get another one. You would just have to wait til next meal time if you lost yours. We didnt have chairs either. We had these tables that were about waist-high and you had to stand and eat. So, with one hand you held onto the table--with your thumb in your tray to hold it down--and you ate with the other hand. By the time you got to eat, it would be about time to line up again for your next meal. Because by the time you waited in that long line, you were ready for that second meal. It didnt matter if it was the same thing--you will eat anything when you get hungry enough. So, after two weeks we had finally arrived. We were at Glasgow, Scotland. We were made to feel very welcome. They fed us pot pie and tea. This was very good. But, some of the boys were sick again. They couldn't handle that pot pie and that train ride after not being able to eat on the boat for the past two weeks. Some of them couldn't even eat the pot pie. Some of them had to be carried off the boat--they were so sick. We looked like we had already been in battle when we first unloaded off the ship. Little did I know this was only the beginning...... |