European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Soldier Speaks personnel sergeant majors office assistant to the chief clerk speak to whom did you wish to sir whom Hes not in right at the moment sir in not its a Little out of the Ordinary if i May say Ive been known to do a favor Here and even when it Means taking built a sort of of course i dont want to Promise right maybe off the if the major should come whom shall i say called who where in gods name do you think you Are you could get in plenty trouble calling up asking for something like blow it out my what youre talking to a not to a Goddam maybe youd like to pull up for a How would you go for that one word to the right and youll be on pots and dont go calling up this office for stuff like get it we got work to youre Damn remember what i Post Bowling what do you i should have shot for one shooting for one when i might have made the split is that fighting spirit nine pins is better than but a spare is bet Ter than int it Ive made those splits unless you want me to try for nine every it wont matter just bring Down my average and maybe Cost the team a game or maybe a imagine in a Guy has a Chance to get two and he settles for whatever you Rug will you listen to that band that is but but Root in the to play a piano like that and catch that will you for a recording of the piece there playing turn it up a hey maybe while youre standing you can tune it in and reach me one of those hey not your last is it never take a mans last that a Socko radio youve got a what Are you planning for tomorrow Friend in on if youre going to a it  Hurt if i Toolkit into the orderly i its a super piece of dig yourself into that certainly hate to see you turn it bar look at the no brass up is there nothing on the a that a Lousy but let me Tell you you see those cadets Over there Glamor Cream of the too answer the Call sure As i was one of those got the surge of patriotism and perfect see i wanted id have got Only this is what Hap give me a dont worry about All Day and All and i cant get drunk if i want i was about feet see Good Good then it this filthy what it was doing up there i dont must have been in the plane when i took the son of a Bitch stung kidding in not the filthy thing stung and i like to went nuts up for a a son of a How about that not son of a sure As and me a fill it Greenwood Robert Cahoon you think that bad i used to think that Northern Iran was the hellhole of the an impression i gained from an article in the moment my troubles began i was Reading aloud that the temperature in the desert of Northern Iran reaches 130 degrees when a piping adolescent voice broke in you think that bad when i was at Sheppard the thermometer once hit that was my startling introduction to the army new 60day the 18yearold who has just finished his Basic training at a certain Field in Texas and cant seem to forget about from that moment All Joy disappeared from my no longer had i the simple pleasure of uttering a Gripe to All present and seeing their Heads nod in indignation or no sooner did i complain than a shrill voice would inter pose you think that bad when i was at Sheppard Field and the attention of my listeners would be drawn to a tale of horror in Texas beside which my bitching was i could never again step into the Shower and Bitch about the cold for when i the whole Barracks was horrified with a tale of human flesh immersed in freezing water on Shep Pard Field and i looked like a Petty i even lost that cherished and treas ured the privilege of griping when Lamb was served for and it went the Way of every other complaint that i one i sat Down at the table sniffing a familiar pungent bellowed As was my Page 32 contributions for this Page should be addressed to the Post the army 205 East 42d Street new York shirts for the fastidious mate profusely illustrated below by our own Salvage drive Are two of our most persnickety especially tailored in our own on our own with our own by our own with the taxpayers we to casual fur for the comfortable the Casu Alier combines practicality and Economy with the following features armpit convenient for keeping cigarettes moist or incubating the never Wear re member our slogan your neck will never touch m Swift there is solid companionship in it will follow you around closer than a three Day should be worn Only under the close guid Ance of a competent for shifts that its army Supply t5 Charles Luchsinger custom in sick and tired of this when Are they Gonna Stop feeding it to us All of a sudden from the other Side of the sounded a familiar voice you think this is bad when i was at Sheppard they served us Goat meat for the mess Hall babble abruptly ceased As Mouths opened wide in astonishment and the hush was broken Here and there by knives or Forks dropping from unnerved i managed to slip silently with my head drooping in shame and it even affected my i dreamed that a group of soldiers were about to desert at Valley at the very last they were stopped by a private who arose and told the mutineers that Valley forge was a vacation resort compared with Sheppard i awoke in a cold the Climax was my dream in which the rough riders were assembled for a final word from their colonel before storming the flame swept slopes of san Juan his Only words were should you fail to obtain your i can Promise you that the outfit will be transferred to Sheppard i awoke at will ing to bet they had captured the but finally my Burden has been lifted by a fortunate a 50mission Veteran of the eighth air Force was recounting his adventures to the he had reached the Point where a 20mm Shell came through the open bomb missed me by an eighth of an Inch and started to Bounce around inside the plane when a voice broke in you think that bad when i was at Sheppard Field Here it ended in a gurgle As fingers pressed on a now that Hes i miss i find myself what did happen at Sheppard Field on that perhaps occasion Lowry Arthur Adler sunday morning in Alabama the narrow White Sand Road lures me on downhill through open Fields of waving Waist and comes to an abrupt ending at the forests no space for no tempting path to follow Only a giant water an ancient bearded swathed in Spanish Moss Waves an eerie greeting the musical notes of water slipping Over a Rocky ledge Green with velvet while Down below dead Brown leaves float aimlessly in the quiet the cushioned Comfort of Leaf Mould underfoot makes the ascent of the Hill ahead a silent the Glossy Green leather leaves of evenly spaced like Dummy Trees in store win reflect the Sun like a Rajah the Lacy fingers of the Sweet gum Pierce the framing a spot of open sky where a Turkey Buzzard dips and circles in effortless in the dappled Brush across the Creek a Blue Jay a Shaft of filtered sunlight Breaks suddenly through the eve present needled Pines As through a Cathedral nature reigns suddenly and without warning the far off sound of guns is a faint humming like a thousand bees in flight swells into a Crescendo and overhead a giant manmade Bird skims the its body and wings like beaten the arrival and departure Are in its roaring Wake every Bird in every tree cries in once More this Corner of Paradise returns to its Sabbath i turn and slowly make my Way to the White Sand Road which leads to a Green roofed White Frame my present Camp Gene Wierbach plea to a pm Barber hold those shears life is Short and save your brawn for later years spare my Scalp a clip gently up and Down my neck forget those gooey lotions dont leave my head a total cease your sales i came to you in fettle Fine with Outlook Bright and Rosy i leave you like some Frankenstein even heed my plaintive its such a simple task a smooth and notto Long haircut is All i Sioux Falls Leslie Waller