Books photos about executed POWS June 1944

Originally posted by Frank Misztal
Carman, when I joined the reserves in 1962, I was 5'6" and weighed-in at a whopping 118 lbs. You could count my ribs, but my face was not gaunt.

Ya see? The numbers do add up.

Frank ...

Well... you were a slim one then...and I guess my Uncle was too. Hmmm. I never was very good at judging a persons weight. Will focus more on the "slim" men in the group photo of the RWR's. I still haven't been able to pick out my Uncle from that group photo from 1943 England. Funny, I thought I'd be able to pick him out immediately.

By the way... what did soldiers EAT when out in the field?

Something else I'd like to do is to be able to get a sense of the "typical" daily life of being a soldier that my Uncle and his comrades experienced. Including... what did they do/where did they go on their down times while in training and overseas etc. I was told that soldiers did "rotations"... sort of like "shifts" of duty then something else. Time off, whatever.

Does anyone know of any journals or memoirs online that would describe what and where my Uncles group of RWR's were and what they did, where they hung out on time off etc?

Also... I was told there are many reasons for AWL, some simply a matter of not being able to coordinate transportation to jive with time allowed, and so forth.

Am full of questions today. Can anyone answer any of them or point me to some good links to get any of this info? Thanks in advance!

(smoke smoke smoke...haze-smell it though not "eye-burning-coughing yet)