Fritzie has a soldier boyfriend!
My Mother and Audie Murphy Ch. 61
Flo titled this page of her album “With the Q.M. in all the best fields in Germany.“
The Quartermaster Corps was responsible for supplying the essentials—food, clothing, and equipment—to soldiers on the front lines. They ran supply depots, managed transportation networks, and made sure the troops had what they needed to keep operations moving.
This page of the album is packed with photos. What do they reveal on closer look?
Spring has arrived in 1945. The grass is green again, and Flo is wearing her summer uniform in one picture.
Fritzie has a soldier boyfriend—or maybe a husband—named Bill!
Even though the crew has its own clubmobile, they still rely on a team of “donut boys” to do the actual frying. These clubmobilers may never have had to cook donuts themselves. Which kind of makes sense; they gave out thousands of donuts daily and needed a whole crew to make them.
Flo got to relieve a patrol—she’s still in the regulation Red Cross skirt.
The dog, T.D., remains a star attraction.
The group has been able to get into German towns.
The pictures suggest that the women are camped here with the Q.M. They’re back to living in tents—or maybe sleeping in their clubmobile again.
Ch. 62: https://mollymartin.blog/2025/10/13/after-the-3rd-crosses-the-rhine/
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