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Carroll Steinbeck letters to parents, March - April, 1944

Carroll Steinbeck to Alfred and Vira Steinbeck Page 2

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bayonet practice. That completed the morning. I hate dinner and then cleaned carbines until time to go again at one. Had more drill and classes in map reading. We got off work at six o'clock. We started out again at 8:30 for a night infiltration course. We hiked out of camp aways and finally went throught at midnight. It was pitch dark and believe me, that wire and stuff was no fun crawling through in the dark. They were firing tracer bullets and the looked as big as baseballs after night. I don't mind the bullets, but those land mines they explode darn near deafen you and the jarr the daylights out of you. Feels like you bounce clear off the ground.
 
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