Letter from Capt. William Cline to his parents - March 11, 1945

Item

Identifier

https://documentinghistory.clemson.edu/studentprojects/admin/item/303/

Title

Letter from Capt. William Cline to his parents - March 11, 1945

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Language

English

Source

William Cline Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina.

Rights

In Copyright

Date

1945-03-11

Description

In this letter to his parents on March 11, 1945, Capt. William Cline reflects on his proximity to death on the battlefield: "Old death plays a funny game over there just as he does over here. One day you might meet a guy and he might not be around the next time you go back. I'm a pretty lucky person over here but I'll really be a happy guy when they stop this fighting. There's always a chance of a shell having 'To whom it may concern' written on it & I don't believe in taking chances when it's not necessary. I get just like I said I'd do get scared. You can't find one that won't get scared."

Subject

World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy

Creator

William Cline

Publisher

Clemson University

Relation

Letter from Capt. William Cline to his parents - April 14, 1945
Letter from Capt. William Cline to his parents - May 6, 1945
Letter from Capt. William Cline to his parents - May 16, 1945

Item sets

Clemson Men in World War II

Site pages

Fighting Tigers

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