The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-06-18
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stomachs inability by making can
dy unpleasant. Same, l suspect,
with travel. You've simply got to
have time to absorb each new
scene.
In other words there's been no
connected activity and no time to
settle down to absorbing the new
sights like there was in DaTmstadt.
I'm about to launch on another
expedition similar to that one
momentarily. There will be time
to settle down in this new town,
and a backbone of activity to tie
the experiences together-to give
them a locus. so to speak
MAY g. 1945
Monday afternoon we drove in
from another town nearby we're
investigating" and found the
house locked. The other boys had
stayed here, and then had gone off
with the key. With nothing to do
but wait Richter and | decided to
walk down the hill to the Orderly
Room of this outfit we're messing
with to pick up our rations. They
were ready for uS-aS one of the
fellows puts it, this is the damn
dest first sergeant he's ever seen
an after picking up said rations
we talked about the other two of
ficers who were coming in a couple
of days and would need food too
presumably Finally someone said:
Have you heard the news? ?" They
showed us a teletype slip from the
headquarters of this organization
mot the SBS, but the one with
which we're boarding $50 to speak,
which announced simply that
unconditional surrender had been
signed at DIAL, z May, 1945, but the
formal announcement would not be
made until 0001, 9 May. 1945. All
fighting was to cease, however.
Of course they never stuck to
that formal announcement Radio
Luxembourg broadcast the news
at 1900 in German. And we heard
ii that night in English from BIC.
What can one say? The anti
climax was inevitable and long
awaited but it was, nevertheless,
an anti-climax. My first and al
most sole reaction was: What a
nice birthday present, thank God.
And it is rather a coincidence that
war was declared on MONS birth
day, and the peace signed on mine.
But that, I'm forced to admit, is
slightly beside the point. A little
of the feeling of eXhileration and
relief and happiness and thankful
ness came over the radio from Lon
don with the description of the
scenes at BuCkinham Palace and
Picadilly. I'd love to have been in
London for thiS-frankly more
than anywhere else as long as a
way it had to be. And l think had
we been there, or in Paris or in
some such center, or at the base
or anywhere but in Germany, the
sense of anti-Climax wouldn't
have been so strong. Still one
wouldn't exactly expect dancing
in the street in this part of the
world.
Then too l suppose partly the
emotional levelling is due to
thoughts of the East, as it must
have been at home. It's over, and
thered be no more killing here
but in the East l find that the
one can do is to repeat over and
over, just that-It's over. it's over.
it's over! and think of those so
deeply who cant say its over"
Naturally my mind turns strongly
to SCotty now. 1t can't be much
longer until we know for sure. But
the mails so bad, that l can wait
for quite awhile
AS for the population hereabouts,
reaction continues full, almost
dead, obsequious and perhaps a
little shocked. | don't think they
fully understand what has happen
ed. That's an odd thing to say
about an adult, literate population,
but it gives you some idea of what
they did hear or read said to the