July 2, 1942 - Diary enteries for a soldier fighting against the Japanese.

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July 2, 1942

Dear diary,

Another bloody day! I can’t wait to get home and take a long bath. News has it that the Japanese are slowly moving their way down ‘ere. Just recently they took that island Guadalcanal. Hope to god they get caught up along the way. Our division isn’t ready for an attack right now. The rain keeps hammerin’ down and its muddy everywhere. I hope that everyone else is doing better. Geez I ‘aven’t heard from Jack in ages. I wonder what he’s doing nowadays. God I miss dem days. These Japanese just don’t give up. They tried to capture Port Moresby but we fought em off. The Japs will be here soon and then they’ll see. We’ll overcome their great numbers and send them back to Japan. We’ll show everyone what these “choco” soldiers can do. That’s what their calling us back home because everyone thinks will melt under the pressure of a real battle but I’m ready to fight and I will die fighting for England. Oh gawd I don’t like our current situation, nothing has gone right from the beginning, our uniforms were the wrong color, and our equipment was limited. It’s so boring here, nothing to do but marching and lookout. Can’t see anything at the moment, it’s too dark. Half our platoon are under 30 years. No one here was eager to hear that they were being dragged off to New Guinea to fight against the Japs. It’s been a while since the last letter Janine sent me and I’m waiting for the next. The tracks here are sooo steep and walking is a grudge, my legs are aching and heavy, it’s bad enough that we have to carry our supplies along as well. Most of the track consists of thick walls of bush and muddy tracks, you wouldn’t believe the amount of times that Parrish slipped. Haha that guy’s good for a laugh. I hope that my brief amount of training will come in handy sooner or later. The first Jap I see I’ll pulverize him. They say the Japs don’t like cowards and shoot on sight, that’s bad, wait till they see the lot of us, we’ll all wind up dead hehe. Oh yeh, can’t forget Jack, he’s a nice guy, says he owns a shop in the city, he’s the only guy who’s close to sane at the moment, he’s true blue.

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