Off to Be a Soldier, With a Daily Letter to My Wife Robin Robertson Wavell's Command and Auchinleck's Command

Wavell's Command and Auchinleck's Command

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Off to Be a Soldier, With a Daily Letter to My Wife Robin Robertson Wavell's Command and Auchinleck's CommandLuke Snyder, from small town Leesport, Pa. inducted into the Army July 1944, relates his military experiences through his daily letters to his wife Ruth. Over 330 letters were written over 16 months. His concise narrative walks us through Basic and Medical training at Camp Barkeley, Texas, his assignment to the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Swift, his battle experiences in Northern Italy at Mt. Belvedere, crossing the Po River, and his Army discharge