From Carl Furtado, 36th Combat Engineer
Marion, I sorry I don’t have too much information on what we were getting in WWII. I looked in my 36th files and I saw a mention of my pay as a private first class went up to $50,00 a month while I was still in the states. After deductions I received $37.87. For the rest of the ranks I have no idea. I gave Tony Stefanelli a call and all he could recall was that at the of the war when he was a master sergeant he was making $200,00 a month. As he said, not my words but his, what did we need money for except for booze and broads, as we were always at the front or making a landing. Sorry I can’t be more of a help on this subject, but money was the last thing to think about over there.
LOVE
Carl
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
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