I’m continuing a blog on most days until mid 2025 following my father’s exploits and adventures during WWII. Each blog will represent what he and the men with whom he was fighting were doing 80 years ago on the exact day of the blog. Below are links to last month’s blogs:

• June 1, 1944 — The final drive to liberate Rome begins
• June 2, 1944 — Hitler decides not to draw a line in the sand at the outskirts of the Eternal City
• June 3, 1944 — The mad dash to liberate Rome
• June 4, 1944 — The liberation of the Eternal City begins – as do the arguments – “Who got to Rome first?”
• June 5, 1944 — Rome is liberated (part 1)
• June 5, 1944 — Rome is liberated (part 2)
• June 6, 1944 — Rome is liberated (part 3) but quickly overshadowed by Operation Overlord (D-Day)
• June 7, 1944 — Rome is liberated (part 4)
• June 7, 1944 — Rome is liberated (part 5)
• June 8, 1944 — Rome is liberated (part 6) Memphian writes Dad about fall of Rome
• June 9, 1944 — Rome is liberated (part 7) Another Memphian writes about fall of Rome
• June 10, 1944 — Rome is liberated (part 8) The Roman holiday ends and back to war
• June 11, 1944 — All of Dad’s enlisted men sent to the hospital except for two
• June 13, 1944 — New orders can only mean one thing, amphibious training
• June 14, 1944 — Dad has enough time to write a long letter to his best friend
• June 15, 1944 — The Roman Holiday ends
• June 16, 1944 — Dad’s division bivouacs at Lido di Ostia
• June 17, 1944 — The 3rd Division moves to Pozzuoli by train to train
• June 18, 1944 — The most uncomfortable back massages in the history of the Army
• June 19, 1944 — I was very homesick and the training was intense
• June 20, 1944 — Sgt. Norman Mohar writes home from Italy
• June 23, 1944 — Where would the final D-Day in Europe occur?
• June 26, 1944 — Dear Mom, If people only knew how much mail means to soldiers overseas
• June 27, 1944 — The last few days in June and the entire month of July were devoted to rigorous training
• June 28, 1944 — Intensive training for the coming large-scale amphibious operation (D-day)
• PAST BLOGS
• May 2024
• April 2024
• March 2024
• February 2024
• January 2024

Could I ask a favor? Could you let friends and family who are WWII aficionados know about the blog? They can sign up for it at www.DrWalt.com.

You can read more about his heroics and exploits in At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse.

In case you haven’t read or listened to Dad’s book, you can learn more or order it here.

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