Diary of Lester Bourgeois : Diary/Journal 19431200-19441000.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Summary:

Description: Green covers, includes loose pieces including an ink blotter, three Catholic prayer cards from donor's mother, metal dog tag, and YANK map of France. Entries begin in December 1943 with description of foul weather gear, onboard a British transport RMS Aquitania for England, torpedo drills, sailors being jumped; January 1944 Americans being jumped and beat up, fighting with British sailors, German air raids; February 1944, Me-109 attack; March 1944, numbers of landing craft in harbors, maneuvers, sailors "going over the hill", ship duties; April 1944 massive numbers of ships performing maneuvers (possibly Exercise Tiger/ Operation Tiger), LSTs sunk by German E-boats (Schnellboot/S-Boot Motor Torpedo Boat), LSTs on fire; May 1944, hit by "scrapple" shrapnel during air raid, saved by life jacket, knows invasion is coming, English sailors jealous of American ships, German planes dropping mines; June 1944, planning for in the invasion of Normandy on June 5th, description of the invasion of Normandy on June 6th, ships sunk during the invasion, concealed German nests, German planes flying over them that night, multiple beachings following the invasion, transporting German prisoners of war, visiting Port-en-Bessin, France and meeting thankful locals, damage to ship during storm; July 1944, delivering supplies inland and seeing combat with Germans; August 1944, returned to England; September 1944, going to Cherbourg, unloading liberty ships, visited London and Paris; October 1944, scavenged for milk, apples and blackberries, complaining that the rain never stops, returning to the United States on the U. S. A. T. Christobal with 1500 German prisoners of war. Remaining pages are blank. Last two pages are chronological list of locations visited by Bourgeois.

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Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).