Summary

Sept. 7, 1944 – in this entry, Brussels and Antwerp have been freed. To Rose, the best news is that RAF pilots are now able to fly across France without being attacked. Rose says it is quieter now; there are not as many doodlebugs in England. Operations warned Rose’s team to stay on the lookout for flying bombs just in case, but Rose suspects Paris and Brussels are more in danger than London is.

Sept. 11, 1944 – Rose writes this journal entry in France. Thanks to Uncle Roger, she is staying a night with the American nurses in the Red cross unit at a redeployment camp, called Camp LA. All of the nearby camps are also named after American cities. The camp has a grocery store stocked with American goods, and Rose finds Hershey’s chocolate: “Nothing makes me feel at home like Hershey’s chocolate...