Wednesday, 21 March [1945] 8 miles N.E. Obern
Up at 0600, another beautiful day, quite fitting for the first day of spring, Corporal Davis and myself went scouting today as far as the Rhine. We saw no Germans and very little of anything else. Later in the afternoon, I went out by myself to try for a deer. I came back with a huge hare, didn’t see a deer. The 1st platoon expects to move out of our division area tomorrow. I think they are to provide AA protection to the F.A. en route to the 90th Division area. They will probably return the next day. Our division took Coblenz today, our main objective. The 3rd and 7th armies are converging in the Saar area. Their junction will trap many thousands of Germans who are now trying to escape to the Rhine. I slept fine last night on a blanket of leaves. Was both warm and comfortable. I have covered about 25 miles of rugged country today and hope to do a lot of patrolling if we remain in this area. Received 5 letters today. Hit the sack at 2000.
Thursday, 22 March [1945] 8 miles N.E. Obern
Up at 0600. What a morning. The second day of spring but more like a summer day. The 3rd and 7th armies have joined forces to clean up the Saar and we now control the Rhine river from Holland to Switzerland. We have taken thousands of prisoners during the past 24 hours and the Germans are reeling from the many blows which they have been dealt. I took a reconnaissance down to the Rhine river today, just for the hell of it. Of the many thoughts which might have run through my head when I first touched [continued on next page]
