17 February 1943
Silbiger, Richard Jerome, 1922-1999
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Dorothy Silbiger
One letter from Richard Jerome Silbiger to Dorothy Silbiger dated February 17, 1943. Richard has K.P. (kitchen patrol) duty and says he plans to look at her photo as inspiration to keep going. He then recounts what happened in a bivouac yesterday. In the pre-dawn they were woken up and left for an eight mile march with a temperature of -14 degrees Fahrenheit outside. They carried sixty pounds of pack, equipment, clothing and a rifle. They marched barely a half hour when the first case of frost bite appeared. There were 75 men out of a company of 250 men who had to be taken back to base via…
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