I came across this .pdf file while surfing around this morning. 
How to Keep House in a Foxhole
when the page opens, click on the .pdf link in upper left, the file may be slow to open.
I haven't read it yet, but just pulled it up on my screen. Yes, fair-warning to all, for some reason it really hangs while downloading. In fact it looked like my browser had hung up while this was transpiring. It finally completed the download after a few minutes. So to all; don't give up hope. Simply walk away for a while and come back to read later... 
Thanks, can't wait to read it all. Another one of the army's hidden gems. 
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
65 years to late. shovel is all that was used. rjr
Roque J.(Rocky) Riojas
65 years to late. shovel is all that was used. rjr
A Moose no longer alone in the Wolverine State.
Artillery had the comforts of home--Engineers had all the equipment
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infantry
Roque J.(Rocky) Riojas
Roque: You got it correct. Seems to me a foxhole was a very temporary thing and not for long periods
of use. Then dig a new one somewhere else. Lost count of the ones dug. Kinda wonder if someone ever filled them in later. Must have been millions dug. Granted, our housekeeping was shoddy.
Hey Joe; Did you ever relieve yourself in a foxhole, then a mortar round
hits close by ?? Joe no one will ever know what we went thru, only
you and,me,Sgtleo. Roque
Roque J.(Rocky) Riojas
I've perused about three-quarters of it so far. Really interesting. A real peak into a 40's combat manual. The intent was to help the soldier and give him good advice, but is filled with a touch of humor too.
I didn't realize there were other things including news items of the day and a book excerpt, Victory, from the journalist, James B Reston.
It's definitely worth a few minutes of your time. The first page's words are a bit blurry, but the rest is great shape and easy to read.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Rocky & Joe, i was wondering if yall ever filled out a Shellrep/Mortrep card or just pointed at the hill in front of you.
Shellrep cards were to be used to report locations of enemy artillery to those rear echelon guys.
Larry
"I'm proud to be an American, Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died, Who gave that right to me."
God bless the USA - Lee Greenwood
JOE; THIS SONOFMP IS FUNNY. NAW AL;L WE DID WUZ STAND UP ON
TOP OF A MOUND OF DIRT AND WAVE OUR HAND IN THE DIRECCTION TO
FIRE. JUST KIDDIN!!! There were artillery spotters and they had their
O.P. spots.
roque
Roque J.(Rocky) Riojas
Rocky, THANK you and the REST of the guys....
A Moose no longer alone in the Wolverine State.
Shellrep/Mortcard?????? What in hell are those? We had O.P.'s F.O.'s for that job. Us, we just dug deeper, kept a eye out and covered our asses. Luckily the wax K ration inner box made a nice smokeless
fire for heating a canteen cup of powdered coffee in our private kitchen. Yea, we had a living room, dinning room, kitchen,bedroom and bathroom. ALL IN ONE HOLE. No lease, just move out when notice
was given and go to a new address for a while. Trouble was the roof always leaked and the cellar was
not usually dry. However the rent was cheap. It was usually a noisy neighborhood though with many troublemakers. Roque, I imagine you ran into the same type of accomodations and same type of bad neighborhoods to contend with.
Joe the bathroom stunk every once in a while but an extra shovelful of
dirt made it better. Joe we might have been miles apart but we were
abreast of each other under the same conditions. You didn't know what
Shellreo/Mortcard was? Used that for T/P. Roque
Roque J.(Rocky) Riojas
