Sgt. Walter Newman Writes
From Germany
April 23, 1945.
Somewhere in Germany,
“tn spite of the fact that I have
had very little time for writing, I
want you to know that I often
think of you people back there in
Tryon. As you probably know I
am now somewhere in Germany
and have been for quite some time.
You probably know by the radio
news and the newspaper head
lines what we have been doing
over here. For quite some time
I was not allowed to tell what
army I was with, but now I am
a^wed to do so. I have been with
j^First Army ever since I came
Jr. We helped straighten out the
battle of the Bulge in the Ardeens
Forest and push to the town of
Bonn on the Rhine. We helped
with the battle of the Ruhr and
crossed the Rhine around the
Nemagin bridge.
We spearheaded the drive
around Castle, Germany, and num
erous others which I can not men
tion at present but, perhaps you
have heard of some of the battles
in news broadcasts. Perhaps a
little later on I will be able to
tell you more about them. I can
only thank God that I am still
alive and that is all I can say for
now. We are now back for a rest
period and this giving me an op
portunity to write you. I had the
first bath yesterday I had in seven
weeks, so' you can see what we
»been through. There are
rous things I could mention
[ will tell you about it all
when I get home. We have freed
thousands of G. I. soldiers (P.W.
S.) and numbers of slave labor
ers and I never have seen so many
happy people in all my life. In
spite of the war side there are
still beautiful scenes to look at
here.
“The trees are blooming with
their outburst of spring, giving
out both fragrance and beauty.
There are a lot of pretty girls;
some waving happily and others
looking at us with scorn. All the
kids are looking at our tanks and
are amazed at our night. We hit
some towns so fast they were won
dering where we came from. There
was one place where my platoon
of men was guarding two thou
sand prisoners and there was one
English speaking non-com in the
bunch. I used him to give the or
ders I wished him to carry out.
In the meantime he said to me,
‘The war is going awfully fast
isn’t it?’ T told him I didn’t know,
did he really think so? And he
said, ‘Well! You hit us with such
surprise we didn’t know you were
near or where you came from.’
The Germans are fighting plenty
hard though, and I have no idea
when it will all be over. I hope
all the many people I know there
in Tryon are O. K. Give my best
regards to every one and here's
hoping it won’t be too long before
it will all be over.
Walter Newman.
P. S. Here are a couple of pieces
of money for souvenirs. Hq. Co.
777th TK. Bn.. Apo. 230, care
P. M., New York, N. Y.
Mrs. G. E. Metcalf is a patient
at St. Luke’s hospital.
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