Smitty’s Letter XVI – Guard Duty, part one
Guard Duty, history.army.com, click to enlarge.
15 January 1945, all of the 11th Airborne Division was back on Bito Beach where they rested, re-organized, got re-equipped, re-trained and with a little time left over – they wrote letters home. Here starts Number 16 from Smitty….
Letter XVI Guard Duty 1/15/45
You have received many notes from me in the past that always seem to contain one line that went something like this, “Have to go on guard duty tonight ____.” Now in this letter I hope to be…
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quirkywritingcorner 
Thank you very much for sharing this. The eye-witness account of an event is always better than just writing out the statistics and dates!! Soldiers around the world can relate to this letter!
Just don’t let me forget to post the other parts! 🙂
The conclusion will be Thursday for this letter. It was the only one I felt too long for one post.