On April 19, 1942, Bernard Joseph Smith #5 a milkman from Medford, Massachusetts wins the 46th Boston Marathon. He finished in a record breaking 2:26:51.2 then had a coffee and cigarette returning to work the next day. He was not favored to win although he was national
War Extra First, tomorrow, April 19th in 1942 is Patriots' Day. A holiday celebrated by most of the Northeastern states. It's also the 46th Boston Marathon. I will post results of the race on Monday. I wonder who's going to win??? wink, wink. Boston Globe
My basic training ends the 24th of this month... Just one week until passes can be issued. You can tell he's just living for that. We'll have to wait and see if she comes up this weekend or not. Where is the willpower indeed. Apparently typhoid
I'm not cynical I'm just disgusted. Oh no, he has to go and watch a good basketball game. How dare they. Once again he's changing his clothes more than a stripper. He didn't mention that in his conception of "Army Life&
...my conception of "Army Life". I'm not adding too much intro here - this is just one of the best letters. Note it's from the Fort Banks "Penitentiary". He still refuses to believe he'll get $42 per month - spoiler, he will.
What a life. It's the great long underwear debate. The weather is thankfully warming up but is it warm enough?? So along with inspection time and more vaccines, there's a lot of running around and drilling. And if you don't fall in quick enough,
I would appreciate you more alone. Cheer up. You get to see each other in another 3 weeks. In the meantime, there are long days with instructions, which sounds like classes to attend not to mention artillery drilling and marching with your gun on the parade grounds. Lucky he suffered
The Hartford Courant Comic section is 10 pages! I'm switching between the Boston Globe and the Hartford Courant just for the variety. They're both great papers but just for fun today, let's go with the Courant. On Sunday, the Hartford Courant newspaper is 79
I didn't even say anything with my eyes. Battery H is sort of a handyman outfit – all kinds of guns involved. Forty men and some don't know left from right made me laugh. He really did luck out. But I don’t want to bury the
Below are the front pages from the Boston Globe for Saturday March 7, 2026 on the left and for 1942 on the right. I'm not trying to bash the newspaper, I love the Globe, it's just interesting the coverage since we are at war both now
Day 7 and things are looking up. Spoiler alert: he will get a pay increase from $21 to $42. It's going to make life so much easier. And bonus, the food is not too bad. Fried chicken does sound good. And it’s only 3 weeks until he
It's a wonder I didn't break my neck running through the dark... Sure Dad, very funny. I’ll chalk it up to too much drilling and marching. Anyway, can you imagine the chaos of an alert at midnight? Especially since he’s only been there five
