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Jake’s thoughts from Fort Mills, Corregidor in March, 1941

Quotations From United States Army Private Jacob J. Johler in March of 1941 from Fort Mills, Corregidor in the Philippines. Please read the post immediately following as it describes the events one year later ending with Easter Sunday 1942. In the Christian tradition, Easter is the day that Jesus Christ arose from the dead after being crucified on Good Friday. In addition, I will locate and attach Jacob’s correspondence talking about the Easter service he attended in 1941.

” Day and night you can hear the drone of dive bombers together with the reports of anti-aircraft practice.”

“Well, soon it will be Easter. I’d give a million to be home for Easter. Write and tell me all about it.”

“We’re working pretty hard out here on the island getting ready for more maneuvers starting March seventeenth. For the last week we have been putting up barbed wire all around our sea coast defences [sic].”

“If you could only see the way the people live, the poverty, the food they eat, then you’d realize how much we have back home.”

“Spring must be rolling around in Buffalo and I can just picture the trees all bursting into bloom.”

Soon, I’ll be back home (I hope) …..

Jacob Johler