The War Diary of Cpl H. Fletcher Davidson, USMC
IN THE MONJOUVAULT TRAINING AREA
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May 14th - Left Camp Clifford about 3 AM and hiked 20 miles that forenoon through many small towns. Arrived at Hieppes at noon. Worked on a brake of rolling kitchen in PM. Had a bath and turned in right after supper.
May 15th - Left Hieppes about 8:30 AM and arrived at Hargeville 15 miles distant in afternoon and stopped there for the night.
May 16th - Left Hargeville at 9:30 AM and made 20 kilometers to Rurgny before dinner. Many German prisoners were working in wagon shops there. Took a swim in river before I ate dinner. Resumed the march about 2:30 [PM] and made 22 K more to Venault le Chatel by 10 PM.
May 17th - Took good bath and scrubbed clothes in AM, rested in PM.
May 18th - Worked on repairing kitchen in AM and on shafts for gun carts in PM.
May 19th - Repair work on carts in forenoon. Took swim in PM.
May 20th - Left Venault le Chatel at 7:30, passed through Bessuat 8:30. Stopped for dinner at Vitry le Francois and loaded into boxcars. Made good time all night, passing through the outskirts of Paris early in the morning.
May 21st - Pulled into Isle Adam in morning, detrained there and marched about 35 K to Marines arriving there about 7 PM and put up for night in a barn.
May 22nd - Marched from Marines to Beaugrenier, stopping for dinner under some fine shade trees at a crossroads. Were quartered in a lousy old barn loft so moved out under an apple tree.
May 23rd-30th - Remained in Beaugrenier doing a little general repairing and cleaning up. On the morning of the 26th the Company marched to next town and went through a gas chamber.
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