Often a well-laid out timetable would be thrown out of whack as a result of odd orders such as a parade, a review by the authorities, demonstrations, funerals for which our unit usually issued funeral escorts, and a whole host of other, often very fanciful ones, such as the "Lvov Wave1" or a lecture by a speaker from God knows where on "topical issues".
There were times when junior officers would say, "don't let the chiefs help us, just let them not hinder us, and everything will be all right." And indeed this was the case, unfortunately, on the part of the higher superiors one encountered obstructions in work by such unthinking orders.
At the end of January we received ammunition for the CKM2 which the squadron was very pleased about. The shooting training in January was coming to an end, and there was no more question of shooting. The squadron was prepared. In January we received our own CKM with some equipment and spare parts, we also received PIAT3 - i.e. tank bomb launchers, one per platoon.
Kazimierz Duda - Chronicles of War - Late January 1944 - Page 21
1 Translator's note: "Wave of Lwow" was the popular Lvov radio show and also the name of a group that during World War II performed for the army in Scotland, England, France and Romania.
2 CKM (Ciężkich Karabinów Maszynowych) : Heavy Machine Gun (Vickers)
3 From the translator of the French version: PIAT - short for Projector Infantry Anti-Tank.
Translation from French version: Steven Duda