This Day in History: 1944-02-06

Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wallworth of Darlington Ave received word that their son Robert was then in Italy.  He wrote that his outfit, the 168th Infantry Regiment had arrived from North Africa just after Christmas.  He was in a mortar squad, which he said was much better than a rifle platoon.  He said that since his regiment was a good outfit, he had a better chance of surviving in combat.  The front lines are not a nice place to be, he wrote, “but they are not as bad as they were because the Germans know they are fighting a losing war.”  He predicted that as soon as they reached Germany Jerry would give up and all the boys could come home.  Italy, he wrote “is a very beautiful place when you can stop and admire it.  It is a shame that the war has wrecked it so.”

(Bristow)