| Stalag Vlll-B
#2 Tues Nov 10/41
Arose at six, made tea and gave it to my three English friends in bed,the lazy buggers. We then went on two hours drill in the cold. After that we had our cigarette issue from the Red Cross. It had been reduced to forty. I sold a bar of chocolate to Martin for thirty; I also smoke a pipe using French and German pipe tobacco which is very strong. German tobacco is not tobacco but dried cabbage leaves. I got a book from the library and read. The meals today were not bad (all red carrots) but I am always hungry. I went to bed and dreamt of sirloin steak and mushrooms.
#3 Wed Nov 12/41
I arose again early as it was cold in bed and served tea again to my friends in bed (sucker). I have a slight case of trench feet from wearing cold and damp shoes all the time and my feet itch like furry at night, so I am wearing my wooden shoes which keep them warm and dry. We cleaned the barrack room today again. The Jerries have taken the lids off all our Red Cross tin food so we can't store it for an escape, before, all they did was puncture the tins, the buggers. We have now got hold of a victrola and are enjoying some music. The thought of leaving the service after the war is too much to bear and I would glad to be with a good rank, to make it my lifes job. |