Private Papers of H H Kassman – Letter from Kassman to Mother, Photographs, Newspaper Articles, March 30, 1943, 1942-1943
Date:
30.03.1943
Location:
Heliopolis, South Africa, Tunisia, לוב, ספקס
Personality:
H. Henry Kassman
Keyword:
Mareth Line
Organization:
ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association), הצבא הבריטי
Archive:
Imperial War Museum (IWM)
Folder Number:
Gunner HH Kassman 1-3.1943
Description
Page 15: Letter to mother. Mail, Labrador dog traveling with Kassman’s Battery (seemingly for some time now) [see photograph]. Some discussion of Alec (brother) – Kassman’s knowledge and views on Alec’s health, job prospects, whether he should settle in South Africa or England. [See earlier letters in March for context/more details.] They just heard of the smashing of the Mareth Line [see explanation and newspaper article on pages 17 and 18, detailed below] “and everyone is very delighted.” Their last couple months have been very peaceful. Army life (film, theater).
Page 16: Photograph: “‘Jet [dog] on Shufti Scope’ taken in Heliopolis 11/42”.
Page 16: Photograph: “ENSA [Entertainments National Service Association] show, Sfax 4/43″
Page 17: Editor’s explanation of the fall of the Mareth Line and events following. Also, reproduced [front?] pages of two newspapers: Corriere di Tripoli and Tripoli Times, showing headlines of the event in Italian and English respectively [headlines look to be identical, as do some of the other articles’ headlines].
Page 18: Enlarged reproduction of article seen on aforementioned Tripoli Times page, headline: “Mareth Smashed! Enemy May Stand North of Gabes”. [Dates illegible.]
