"July 5th, 1945--Left the 995th Field Artillery and moved to the 9th Division in the town of Pfaffenhoffen (this was the site of the largest prisoner of war camp in Germany). Soon after, we moved to Garching, and then I was put on guard duty in the town of Hart."
Date Unknown: See diary entry below. There were no letters home in August and September, 1945.
Diary Entry by Robert Arnold:
(No date). STARTED FOR HOME. We moved to Mittenwald (which was the location of the largest Displaced Persons Camp in Germany). From there, we went into the 746th Field Artillery Battalion. Got on the 40 & 8 (a 40 man or 40 horse railroad boxcar), and rode 72 hours. Went to Camp Atlanta near Reims, France (these camps were similar to the "Cigarette Camps", which housed soldiers waiting to return home to the United States).
Moved by train to Le Havre, France, to Camp Lucky Strike. There are 65,000 soldiers here waiting to go home to the US. From here, we will get on a ship.
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| On the way to Camp Lucky Strike |
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