European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yank the army weekly 1945 discharged athletes dear yank we would like to know what the hell is going on at who the hell is running this draft business a Tench of bums on your sports Page i see where Ray Robinson has been discharged and shortly after Ward won a two round Ike Williams and All those other trick knee artists have also been Dis we have a Man in our company that has a broken hip and others that Are twice As old As Ike Ray Robinson and All those other so called civilian morale lets Cut this out before some of us go sour on if they have to do what there keep it out of the what we Don t know wont itch India Donald by t5 a new War department policy says the Dis charge of Able bodied prominent figures to per Mit them to participate in activities not consid ered to be essential to the National safety or interest cannot be justified to the general pub while it is not intended to discriminate against any group cases involving discharge of nationally prominent radio stars and so which might occasion criticism of the War department discharge poli will be referred to the War department for final in addition James director of the office of War has asked selective service to review the qualifications of All professional athletes not now in uni athletes who have been As Well As those who have been Given should be called up for another physical Byrnes Bronze stars or better dear in left wondering by t5 Larry Nash suggestion in a letter in mail Call that Only those with Bronze stars or better be allowed to Wear a decoration rib would that gentleman require winners of purple Silver to repeat the process so he could rate a bit of fruit salad l Rizor China credit dear after Reading your what its like for China we of the troop Carrier Squadron would like to know Why at is always Given credit for flying the China theater in any article written on China at is always Given at does very Little flying in our transport Section is flying All the supplies to advanced bases in China and doing practically All the evacuating in except when it is out of our on several instances at has come in at the last moment to help thus trying to take All the at flies supplies Over the Hump and we Fly them to advanced we Fly from sunup to but sometimes our planes Are grounded for Lack of if they cannot keep us they Are just wasting Good maybe they would like us to help them Fly the Hump China Carrier Squadron dear what its like for China gis was a Good article but it seems to me that youve forgotten the Good old we not Only shoot pm Down but act As infant and Many although our part is we were the first american ground unit to go into combat with the chinese and did a Good Job How about putting the aaa in with the intelligence and communications men who Are up front with the chinese China Roger Leitch Retreat in dear yank just read an article in your Magazine about some Guys who Are standing Retreat on were doing it on but we have our movies stopped after a few feet of film to get out of sniper we expect a full dress Parade one of these give us strength you cant Williams bread on the Waters dear yank i thought you might be interested in this Little incident which happened to us while in combat some where in the ours is a combat photo made up of one officer and four enlisted whose Mission is to photographically cover landings and invasions in this up to the present Date our unit has seen action in the new Guinea and the our shortly after Landing in the found some japanese photographic chemicals and set up Small photo Darkroom in an abandoned Jap anese air raid a medical hearing of requested us to develop a Roll of Ordinary Box camera Allrn for having no facilities for printing the we were Only Able to develop the but the sergeant was very pleased and to show his gratitude he presented us with a bed noticing the sorry plight of some filipino neigh Bors of ours whom the japs had stripped of All their clothing and household we presented this fam ily with the bed the following the head of the family brought Over a Small which Paoff 14 he insisted we keep to show his gratitude for the bed by clothed most of his shortly our unit boarded a naval vessel to return to our rear Echelon base for a much needed the sailors aboard ship soon became very attached to our Little which we had dubbed and soon were making offers for typos we were most reluctant to part with our newfound having ourselves become very attached to but they were very and before Nightfall typos Ante had risen to by the next morning hypo was Worth seeing How badly the Crew wanted the Monkey and considering the possibility of losing hypo on our next combat we finally parted with him for to a very joyous Crew of our we got for developing one Roll of film Guinoo William Levy Home state Patch dear yank i think it would be a Good idea if All the american soldiers were allowed to Wear a Small Patch with the name of their state on it Doest have to be More than on half Inch wide and curved to fit the top of the sleeve at the it would be an easy Way to meet soldiers from your own Home India Leo Nahasi Tig cd by dextrose dandies dear yank we read Harry Moores griping letter about those dextrose we cant understand Why he Doest like we Over Here in the Pacific think they Are the most delicious part of the k we wonder if he has Ever tried dissolving them in it makes a drink More delicious than any milk shake you have Ever dextrose tablets Are just the thing for foxhole Wor Ries and combat fatigued we have been eating them As Long or longer than he has and so far have found nothing to compare with we Are known As the dextrose we Are More con tented with them than we Are with new Alto signed by germans japs dear yank in an interview in Collins said that the Jap is tougher than the German and even the fanatical is troops cant compare with the i fought against the Kraut Heads and there plenty put 10 fanatical japs up against 10 fanatical Kraut Heads and see what the general said they had Nice Straw in their Slit trenches in France and living conditions we rent too me or none of my buddies had Straw or any such luxuries on the Snow topped mountains in and furthermore we were under a constant artillery from what i gather from the South Pacific that from what the Fellows who were there told the japs Haven the artillery or the air Force the germans so you Arent being strafed by the Luftwaffe All the Forf Howard Gregory established Arkansas leading news paper Oazy Etc Public amino publishers sunday and sem weekly editions dear yank this is in reply to a letter in your paper by Daniel Wueschinski of Camp Robinson saying that Little Rock has an ordinance which forbids servicemen to walk Down the Street hand in hand with their sweethearts or to kiss their wives in the statements Are a very few of the Camp Robinson soldiers and their girls conducted themselves in Public places in so raw a manner that the City coun cil decided something would have to be since there was no ordinance covering the sit the Council passed one which penalized lewd and lascivious the regular police never have made an arrest under this Ordi the auxiliary composed of Citi Zens without Aid the badly crippled police made a few arrests at probably value of the ordinance is that it enables police to threaten arrest of civilians and servicemen behaving in an unseemly manner unless they quit such i believe there is no City where relations be tween servicemen and civilians Are More Cor dial than in Little i would appreciate it if you could print i Arn tired of answering letters from indignant servicemen who enclose clippings of Wue Schinskie silly Clyde managing editor overseas pay dear yank t in reference to an article in Moil Call written by one his statement about overseas pay reduction of 20 percent after returning from Over seas duty is definitely after Reading this Arti Cle were sure boiled any person returning to Shangrila should be More than Happy to take a reduction in we Arent fighting this War to make we Are fighting to get Back to our loved ones that mean More to us than we have been in combat for 19 not including our total time and expect to be leaving for Home after not less than another 6 to 9 months of combat we will gladly Exchange pay reductions and living conditions with this Burma u signed by four the Lions share dear yank a Back in the states you hear a lot about the energies expended and trouble taken to Supply the troops Over yet who gets the Lions share of the the pm supplies and the entertainment who receives regular mail and packages from Home the Quarter master finance and All the other Guys who never saw nor Ever will see the front if the army takes such pains to get the stuff Over Why Doest it use a Little More Energy and see to it that these items get to the Guys who really need and deserve the Guys who Are doing the fighting Balfour Belgium signed by 39 discharge clothes dear yank one of the biggest expenses a newly discharged Soldier has is civilian not Many gis Are going to return Home and find their prewar clothes serv a lot of Fellows have grown and put on the clothes wont they Are out of the Moths have gotten them or the kid brother is wearing in any event the Veteran is going to and should new it will mean a great Deal in looking for a and will add to his personal the or a discharged Veteran receives in t going to last Long if he starts putting it on his i suggest that Over and above must eng out each honorable discharged Serviceman or woman be Given a credit of for civilian some system could be worked out whereby script or a credit certificate would be valid Only for this would mean that every Veteran would face the world Well groomed and still have enough Money to last till he gets a Richard Mosher woes overseas dear yank one Art Greenstein of is singing the blues in mail Call because some was Are going no doubt the civilized As far As our hero Greenstein is has become some what of a i wish the Navy would let Arthur come out to this Godforsaken he can have my 20percent extra pay and for Good Meas ure ill throw in my Strait Ive Only been living a hermits life for 12 months now and would like nothing better than to be transferred to a Nice quiet place like if the was Are going Why not Send them Here he Mem son Francisco Austin Dorsey Scle rotation dear yank the rotation Here if you dont know already is 24 months and then some Ive Only been Over seas 17 months and in not starting to Gripe about rotation yet when my time i most certainly while stationed on Borabora in the society Island group i saw Many a ship pull into the Harbor talking to Many of the personnel on these i was told they were heading Back to the states yet there were men on Borabora who had spent 30 months and Over on that one Small is this fair to these men whole been overseas so Long another thing is the rotation quota on this Island is seven men per i remember one month seven men were waiting for any available transportation to come in and when it finally did a there were 200 new zealand girls wives of sol i guess aboard there was no room for those seven men who had spent 30 months on that one Small do you think seven men would have made much difference on that ship in sure they would have been too willing to sleep on deck regard less of the another do you think its fair to the Fellers Here to spend two years overseas before they Are eligible for rotation when across on the other Side where men Are getting women and song they Only have to stay 18 months before they Are if were Lucky enough to get a where could we go to the next Island when the War department promises a Soldier a furlough or we dont want a song and dance about shipping if we cant get wed prefer not to hear the new Caledonia Dominic Alto by