02-02-1946 Alone on Outpost with SS Escapees Nearby
Date
February 2, 1946
Location
Gottsdorf, Germany
Transcription
Gottsdorf, Germany
2 Feb, 1946.
Dear Folks:
Well, I am on another
outpost. I didn't think that
I would get a chance to
write for another long
period. However, they are
sending a truck out here
tomorrow so I will send
this letter in on the
truck.
I have been informed that
I am to be transferred on
14 Feb. to the 102nd Inf.
Div. which is going home.
This means that I should
be home around the
middle of March
Well, there's not much to
write about. I am away
out here in the middle of
nowhere. Our post is
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situated at top of a high
hill. We can look down and
see the Danube off in the
distance we can see the
sun shining down on the
snow covered Alps. In fact,
the scenery is wonderful,
but the hunting is
terrible. We have been
out all day every day
and we haven't shot a
thing. My buddy got sick
today so he went back to
Passau via thumb, so I am
all alone here tonight. I'll
admit I am kind of jumpy.
I just got word that
two SS men escaped near
here today. They'll be trying
to get across the border
tonight.
Well, I guess that is
all for now. I just
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wanted to let you know
about my transfer. So
long for now.
Your Loving
a) Son
b) Brother
c) Brother-in-Law,
Oby
Description
Misdated 1945
Writes from another outpost with the news that he is getting closer to returning home, with a scheduled transfer on February 14 to the 102nd Infantry Division, a unit preparing to return to the U.S. with an expected arrival around mid_March.
Also describes the setting of the outpost, high above the countryside with views of the Danube and the snow-covered Alps in the distance. The hunting is lousy, and his hunting buddy got sick and hitch-hiked back to the base in Passau, leaving him alone on the outpost. He just got word that two SS men escaped nearby, which, alone on the outpost was making him "kind of jumpy," as they'd be trying to get across the border that night.
