Scrapbook 2

"We played some volley ball in our spare time, and even had a team in the inter-unit competition."

"On March 16 the outfit left on a problem and the Factory moved into the Caserne. We lived in the Officers Quarters, two men to a room. No work and countless passes made this paradise for a while. ... I managed to see a bit of the city of Metz."

"On March 19, Sidney Eisenberg and I visited Moyeuvre-Grand, about 5 or 6 miles from camp. We saw a French version of 'Wee Willie Winkie' with Shirley Temple and Victor McLaglen."

"The next day, March 20, we visited Joeuf, about 6 miles from camp, and Auboue, about 5 miles away."

"While in France, we were members of the 12th Army Group under the command of Gen. Omar Bradley. on March 30 we were finally authorized to wear the patch."

"Things were going pretty smoothly when suddenly we received the news that President Roosevelt had died. Words cannot express my feelings at that moment. And I wasn't the only one who deeply felt the loss."

"We received word that we were to head back for the States soon and then to the Pacific. We were told to be ready to leave. During the week of April 23 to 27 we burnt all the rubber dummies, as the outfit had gone on its last problem."

"The war in Europe was rapidly drawing to a close and we waited with bated breath for the final day. The Army was advancing further and further into Germany and coming across more and more scenes like these."

"On May 7 we finally got word that the war was over! May 8 was to be officially known as V-E Day."

On V-E Day, Nussenbaum wrote a letter to his family: "At this historic moment Winston Churchill has formally declared that the war in Europe is at an end! ... How I wish I were home to celebrate this joyous day with you!"

The last portion of Nussenbaum's V-E Day letter to his family: "Everybody is running up and down here and making enough noise to wake the dead. I can't even hear myself think!"