Post by floydragsdale on Jul 4, 2013 18:55:22 GMT -5
4th of July 1945
A notice was posted on our Company bulletin-board that read something like the following:
ANY MAN COUGHT SOBER BY 1200 HOURS ON THIS DAY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PUT ON KP (Kitchen Police) FOR THE BALANCE OF THE DAY.
It was approximately 0900 hours in the morning when I saw that message.
Immediately, this Soldier left the Company area for the entire day. For recreation that morning, a hike along the Rhine River was my recreation. Along the way, I met a German couple that spoke fluent English.
His livelihood was that of a Wine Merchant, in Bingen, Germany, he revealed to me as we were hiking along the banks of the river.
About mid-afternoon, that couple invited me to their home for peaches and champaign. - - - - Yummy, what a wonderful desert.
That evening, when I arrived back to the Company area, everyone was sleeping it off.
Floyd
Co.G, Regiment424th
A notice was posted on our Company bulletin-board that read something like the following:
ANY MAN COUGHT SOBER BY 1200 HOURS ON THIS DAY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PUT ON KP (Kitchen Police) FOR THE BALANCE OF THE DAY.
It was approximately 0900 hours in the morning when I saw that message.
Immediately, this Soldier left the Company area for the entire day. For recreation that morning, a hike along the Rhine River was my recreation. Along the way, I met a German couple that spoke fluent English.
His livelihood was that of a Wine Merchant, in Bingen, Germany, he revealed to me as we were hiking along the banks of the river.
About mid-afternoon, that couple invited me to their home for peaches and champaign. - - - - Yummy, what a wonderful desert.
That evening, when I arrived back to the Company area, everyone was sleeping it off.
Floyd
Co.G, Regiment424th
