Last night they had a lottery for 24 qt of whisky.

I asked Fred if Lee got any kind of a commendation. Fred said “Hell no, none I know of”.  You figure the rest.

Bill located his Scotch and had a fair shine on when he got home.

This afternoon I brought a soft chair up to my room, and built a fire in the fireplace.

Don’t let the Germans' news make you feel too good.  We still got to finish the job, and then police up the country.

My grandfather visits London.  

"Everything is the same.  Each day the same.  So goes life in the European Theatre."

"Bill and I went to London.  Saw more of that city than I have seen of our own capital."

"Now they got me here, I’m wanting to get in this war and get home."

My grandfather continues to wait for deployment from England.  He finally receives correspondence from my grandmother.  

"Honey I am still physically ok.  Mentally, I’m wondering."

"Here it is July and you wear a field Jacket and a pair of gloves when you go outside."

"Betty this writing letters isn’t what it’s cracked up to be."

My grandfather and his battalion remain in England waiting to cross the channel.  

"Have finally found a place to get Coca-Cola by the glass."

"Absolutely nothing happens, you can’t even get a good rumor started."

"Let’s hope the combined English & American force go thru France fast and get this war over."

"It has rained now for seven straight days.  And it just keeps on getting colder all the time."

My grandfather continues to wait in England for their eventual deployment onto the continent.  

"I guess the sooner I get in it the sooner I’ll be home."

"I wish I could start out toward that sun and keep going until I was with you."

My grandfather's battalion leaves the U.S. on the Queen Mary arriving in Scotland before heading to England.  

My grandfather struggles with loneliness and makes some "interesting" comments about my grandmother's tendency to delay getting dressed for the day.  

Memorial day 1944 comes and goes as my grandfather waits to head to Europe.  

My grandfather gets a black eye playing basketball.  

My grandparents make plans for their final visit before my grandfather goes to Europe.