Hi! Soldier.
Burton Steven Shiner
December 15, 1943
Boarded ship
Empress of Scotland - adv. party
54 in room
Dear Steve;
I just read your letter to Dotty. I envy you in your branch of service. "Keep em flying kid"
All the luck in the world to you. I hope some day I'll fly along side of you.
Always,
Jules
"Steve" 1919.0813- 2000.0619
December 16, 1943
Loaded G.I.'s
December 17, 1943
Left U.S. 9:30 am
December 18, 1943
Submarine watch
December 25, 1943
Arrived Casablanca 1:00pm Xmas dinner Camp Marshall LeYoute
Spam, pear, bread - coffee
December 27, 1943
Went to Casablanca
December 28, 1943
1st solo 8:15 Solo 15
December 29, 1943
Casablanca
December 31, 1943
Passed 10 hour check
January 5, 1944
Left Casablanca for Algiers on train
January 6, 1944
Olives, mountains - oranges, Arabs
January 7, 1944
More mountains, hills, fields. Calif. oranges
Arabs and Spanish
January 8, 1944
Like Calif. Algiers
January 9, 1944
Arrived Telergma 21:00
Moved to LeCoure same night - tents
January 10, 1944
Entertainment Joe Calleia
Show at night
January 11, 1944
C-47 crashed
January 13, 1944
Left Africa for Italy in B-17F
10am - Arrived 14:00 A-36
January 14, 1944
Live in tobacco warehouse
522nd 27th Ftr Bomb. Gp.
January 15, 1944
Flew for first time (B/L)
1:25
January 16, 1944
Flew #3 with Major Kelly
1st man lost
January 18, 1944
Moving above Naples tomorrow
Party - Italians sang "Drop Your Socks" and Happy Birthday
January 19, 1944
Left 09:00 for Pomigliano. Past Pompeii Mt. Vesuvius. Naples.
Live in apartment. No lights
January 21, 1944
Entertainment by Yard Birds Stirling Holliway
January 22, 1944
1:50 Flew first mission. Dive bombed Fiorentino
Strafed on way home. Invasion of Anzio Point. Lots of flak
January 24, 1944
Bombed town of Velletri
Flew on bad engine. Heaviest flak ever seen. 50 Cal.
January 25, 1944
Bombed Etri Flak
January 27, 1944
Bombed RR junction
January 28, 1944
Bombed town
January 30, 1944
Easy mission - landed Foggia (weather)
February 1, 1944
Sqd party
February 4, 1944
Flew mission - brought back bombs
Went to Pompeii - church
February 6, 1944
A.O. today Troxell missing
Plane crash
February 7, 1944
Bombed Pontecorvo
Movie "Johnny Come Lately"
February 8, 1944
Patrolled Rome
February 9, 1944
Came back with bombs - weather
Cassino fell
February 10, 1944
Bombed tanks
February 12, 1944
Bombed tanks trucks - army commander inside bomb line
February 14, 1944
Bombed gun position
Went to Naples
February 15, 1944
Bombed Rome (RR) June Clyde Louise Allbriton
February 16, 1944
Bombed Rome R.R. Good hits 1:40
February 17, 1944
Bombed RR underpass
Close to own troops. Good hits 1:20
February 18, 1944
Bombed tanks
February 19, 1944
Bombed tanks & troops
February 20, 1944
Bombed tanks & troops in valley Flak
Last mission in A-36
February 22, 1944
Flew P-40's into sqd.
February 23, 1944
Got more P-40;s
February 24, 1944
Formation
Rain
March 1, 1944
Ferried P-40 from Foggia
March 2, 1944
Bombed near Beachhead 1st in P-40
March 3, 1944
Flew to Rome - brought bombs back
March 11, 1944
Bombed guns with 1000 lbs.
March 15, 1944
3rd drive on Cassino
March 21, 1944
Went to see Vesuvius - lava
Hail storm
March 22-24, 1944
Vesuvius still putting out.
March 26, 1944
Day off Went to Vesuvius - Naples
March 27, 1944
Flew two missions - Pelka - Spaletta killed by P-38 in Op. Building
April 2, 1944
Flew P-47 Went to beachhead to look for Raymond
April 13-20, 1944
Rest camp at Capri
April 11, 1944
Moved to Castle Volturno