Nice job Alfa6!
My step-grandfather was with the 35th Divison at St Mihel. Although it was against regulations to keep a 'war diary' he got around that by writing his impressions in poetry by date and place. At the time of the great offensive at St. Mihel he wrote...
The rattlesnake sleeps in his bed at night,
And in the trench by day
A spiders bite is his delight
And with scorpions he does play
The water he drinks
Is green and stinks
For his bread he makes his own jam
Cause hes a gunner with the MGC *(machine gun company)
He just dosen't give a damn.
I found the diary in his old footlocker along with most of his gear and uniforms. Perfectly preserved due to his coating the exterior with melted wax. Except for his helmet and trench knife plus a few letters from my grandmother, I donated all of it to The Liberty Memorial here in KC. He would have like that.
Good afternoon Lee
Be sure a give a lift of the lid to Iris7 as well, he did the hard part. All I had to do was pic out the pics and post it :-).
Good luck with St Louis
Regards
alfa6 ;>}