Rome Dinner Cost $11.08 For Two GIs
In Rome Sgt. Charles M. Kimerer reports to his aunt that a soldier and he shared a mackeroni dish a fish slice tomato bread and a bottle of red wine for 11.08 dollars. He notes mail delays and slow morale builders as letters take 40 days to arrive and V mail sometimes lags by months.
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Amarillo Soldier Reflects on North Africa to Italy Campaigns
Sergeant Kimerer, landing in Casablanca 20 months past, recalls chasing Jerry across North Africa, Tunisian campaign, Sicily invasion, and ongoing Italy duties. He served as a technical sergeant on a troop carrier plane with a ringside seat at Anzio, transporting the battle’s most seriously wounded, while noting June 1944 bus transit rose 3.5 percent from June 1943 to 1,905,201,000 passengers.
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Casablanca
Jerry
North Africa
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Italy
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