Letter re: World War II
- Title
- Letter re: World War II
- Creator
- Wiedermann, Sidney
- Institution
- TCU
- Link
- https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/47258
- Description
- April 3, 1943 Dear Mr. Carter, Received your letter of Feb. 5 the other day & enjoyed it very much. Also particularly enjoyed the copy of a letter which you sent to Orlando (incidentally, he received the original) and appreciate someone at home talking up for us. We were not green - it was just too much for us - but we stuck as per orders until practically nothing was left. The censors will probably cut hell out of this letter, but I feel that we are entitled to write as we feel - especially when the newspapers use our names & locations in their stories Just had to hit my fox hole again - it's hard to write a coherent letter with something always happening. The boy I told Amon, Jr. about was Brooks Martin, of Pittsburg, Tex. He has been sent to England. Tex H. was sitting next to me when I reid your letter, & he, too, enjoyed it. He is a little fed up with the publicity. Reid the D.S.C. a few days ago. Of course, we all wonder what they are going to do with us when we finish cleaning up the Jerry. I've been in the land fighting here for 3 mos. at a stretch now - some have been as long as 5. We're too uncivilized now to turn loose in a civilized country. However, our numbers dwindle day by day, so there may not be too many to worry about when the fighting is over in Tunisia. And we're not always so hardboiled - Tex almost passed out while we were dressing a wound of a friend of ours that had been talking to us a few minutes before. He's dressed many, many wounds & had never done that before. It would make us feel good if they would mention our division by name. Just say that "The 1st Armed Div. drove from Kasserine Valley to Makuassy" - or that "elements of the 1st Armored are fighting at Fondouk and east of Le Guettar." The Jerry knows where we are - all of us wear the division insignia now. It would add greatly to morale - we're tired of being incognito. The news you want most to hear. I have nothing I can add. I really think he is OK unless you have reid other definite information. He was with Johnny Waters, who is now in Italy. Have you contacted Summerall? This letter is not so hot - but the situation is not too conducive to letter writing, so please excuse it. Hope you've had a chance to visit my family by now. Keep your chin up - we'll get in the bastards backyard soon & get lots of our people back. Sincerely, Sidney Wiedermann
- Date
- 1943-04-03
- Decade
- 1940s
- Subjects
- Prisoners of war
- Carter, Amon G., Jr.
- World War II
- Source
- Box 148, POW W Misc 1943, Item 034
- Type
- Document
- Formats
- 6.25x7 Paper
- Rights
- Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph