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PFC Benjamin Kaplow

US ARMY, 26th Infantry (Yankee Division) 104th Regiment, WW11

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Tag: 1944

Sept 1, 1944 Life aboard ship is getting a trifle boring, now, even though they try to make it interesting for us.

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Jan 1, 1944 — Happy New Year! I’ve been assigned to message (nerve) center in Battalion Hqs. Another Jewish fellow with me.

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Jan 2, 1944 — Camp Campbell, KY What would you say if you knew your son was acting just like a beggar.

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Picture from Ben’s photo album

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Jan 4, 1944 — Message Center – Troops have to keep in contact with each other in order to know where the enemy is.

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See the WW11 Museum in New Orleans, LAhttps://www.nationalww2museum.org/

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Jan 9, 1944 – Jeeps, all kinds of trucks stuck in mud to top of tires. Bumpers come off when they tried to pull them out.

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Jan 10, 1944 App. for Aviation Cadet (Air Crew) Training. Madison High School Principal recommendation.

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Ben’s 1943 Year Book graphic.  Many pages
were dedicated to the grads going off to war.
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Jan 11, 1944 Another A.S.T.P. came in today. He was studying secret stuff on radar. He’s also Jewish.

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Jan 15, 1944 — I was in on a staff meeting with all the officers for a Command Post exercise.

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Jan 18, 1944 — I have to buy gloves, stockings, plus other things for maneuvers.

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Jan 21, 1944 — The reason rifles are kept in supply room is that we have German prisoners in camp. Cleaned grease traps!!

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Camp Croft
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Jan 24, 1944 Please try to get a Russian hood. They are given away by the Red Cross. Covers face, except the eyes.

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Jan 26, 1944 — Post Card – Send some long candles and, if possible, a salami. Send food at beginning of week.

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Jan 27, 1944 Bivouac area moved to high ground because we would be flooded if it rained hard. Coding all messages now.

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Feb 11, 1944 – Maneuvers problem. We followed the umpire rules & were slaughtered. We were praised for how we held out.

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Feb 27,1944 — First time Ben knew he wanted to drive a jeep. Third week without a shower.

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From Ben’s photo album

See a video called “Autobiography of a Jeep” in the Prelinger Archives here https://archive.org/details/autobiography_of_a_jeep

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Mar 14, 1944 — Blackout maneuver problem. We drive behind the troops at 1-2 miles/hour with practically no brakes on jeep.

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Mar 27, 1944 — Maneuvers are over. After nine weeks in the open air, it’ll be nice to wake up without a chicken, pig, or cow over my head.

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From Ben’s picture book
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Apr 1, 1944 Post Card – We’re finally in a camp. Live in 15 men hutments, but only 8 in ours. Fort Jackson – 15 miles from Columbia, S.C.

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Apr 3, 1944 Rain all day. The Jeeps only have hand operated windshield wipers.

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Apr 6, 1944 I went through the whole maneuvers with one pair of shoes that was lacking a heel & main part of the sole.

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