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27 September,
1942
Hello my dear
mother, father, ( ) and all relatives and friends. Today is
the second day since I have been on the front lines where the
greatest battle in human history is taking place. We are fighting
for Tsaritsyn (The
city of
Stalingrad
pervious name).
In this post card it is hard to describe all the horrors and
delights
(sarcastic)
of the fighting. I only can say that there is not a second without
the sound of artillery volleys, the howls of shells, snipers and the
fire from machine guns. Above us every minutes there are dozens of
German airplanes flying. On the other side of there are German tanks
on the frontlines and in the rear. Here we have a shortage of water.
It is delivered. As long as we have bread, we will not go hungry. I
do not know what is going to happen in the next hour. I share a
trench with another solider. Everywhere there are corpses. Such is
the law of war. We are hoping for the best. We are going to win
without a doubt. In the last three days I have walked one hundred
kilometers, we also traveled by train. ( ) Greeting.
To: Irkutsk I (
) Street - Furman Sam( ).
From: 1940 Field
Post
1047 Rifle
Regiment 3rd Battalion 3rd Company ( ) Furman ( )
Iosifovish
Seal Field Post
Seal Checked by Military Censorship VU 24
Seal USSR Irkutsk
Date: 20.10.42
Seal USSR Irkutsk Post K-RD
- Note: ( ) =
words that cannot be determined at this time.
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