Author: By Giedrė / Source: Bored Panda
We know that we’re not supposed to read someone else’s diary, but sometimes it’s simply too hard to resist. Especially when it’s a diary from WWII era! One Imgur user named mynameisbetterthanyours420x69 found their grandpa’s diary from his time in the war and decided to take a look.
Too bad for them, the entire diary was written in shorthand, that, unfortunately, the grandchild wasn’t equipped enough to decode.Well, it wouldn’t be the internet if someone’s request for help wouldn’t be answered almost immediately. After sharing the snaps of the diary on subreddit r/shorthand, the grandkid quickly received help from a kind stranger who took time out of their day to decode the pages. Here’s the translation of the diary by Reddit user uwula:
One person posted their grandpa’s diary from the WWII era, seeking people who know shorthand
“1
4/9/41 – Wed
Left […] 5:30 AM rode […] street car to armory. Arrived 8:00. Stripped all clothing except shoes and coat. Walked through at least 20 rooms for various examinations. Completed examinations at about 10:00 AM. […] to walk to an eye, ear, nose and throat doctor. [He had to … papers and most … in alcohol and … in cotton]. Some should have been rejected for various ailments but the doctor asked them if they wanted to go in the army. If they said yes he would pass them. Some would be passed for poor sight as long as they could read with their own glasses. One fellow I know was passed [who] was 38 pounds overweight. Walked from 10 to 4 with [… our lunch]. [I had] my choice for [dinner …] others only had pork chops. Ate by myself I had supper [ate the bunch]. Out of 620 men about 10 of us […] because we passed”
“our examinations first. My number was 27. Left for Camp Grant at 8:30 on IC. We had the whole train to ourselves with a lot of room left over. 13 hours standing, […ing] and walking really tired me out. [V-u-k-s-e-n-e-k] is with our [bunch] and he had his picture in the […] paper.
4/10/41 – Thurs”
“Arrived Camp Grant about 11:00 PM. Had […] lunch of beef stew and and our plates were filled to the brim. Assigned to barracks B-204 cot 22. Very comfortable. Could not sleep till 2:00 AM….
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