European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes 1945 Vita rail Falls to advancing yanks on Luzon 2 a irl ields Are taken by tank units two sixth army spearheading southward on la have captured the City of one of the most important Highway and railway Cen ters on the philippine Gen Macarthur announced yes Tarlac and its two airfields fell Friday night saturday Paris time to tank units which enveloped the City from two direct then joined up and drove East to capture Victoria and la Navy and army airmen continued to give the ground troops Strong smashing at japanese communication five Bridges Supply dumps and highways were strafed and 15 Jap planes shot Down japs killed Gen Macarthur also disclosed the first casualty report on the Luzon he said that More than japs had been sled and More than 600 captured in the three week there was no confirmation from Washington of the Tokyo claim that Carrie based aircraft were again striking at Formosa and Asia command Headquarters announced that British troops had invaded a strategic Island off West Ern in the northeastern part of the chinese troops on the verge of opening the land Supply route into in air 14th of planes destroyed or damaged 57 raid on Shanghai airfields Central Marine planes blasted the bombs while in the North Navy search planes bombed Jap islands in the arrows show where sixth army troops advanced yesterday German gunner goes Over the Hill by Chute a ninth of fighter Tail gunner on a German bom Ber decided the other night he been fighting Long when he made his his plane was Over the Allied lines in but he was a Resolute he went Over the Hill then and out into the waiting arms of an my unit of the ninth ass 366th fighter the awol slightly injured when he said he knew he was the s lines because of the heavy in a Jones yields t continued trom Fagel War in Eto More say now on Luzon with the sixth 22 new York soldiers who made landings on both the Normandy and Luzon beaches Are agreed that germans Are better fighters than the that the Eto War is More civilized than the Pacific Battle and that the filipino Welcome to the invading United states Eastern bulge collapsing 3rd nears Border continued from Page 1 reported the stars and stripes correspondent Pat doughs found few Booby traps and Only he pursuing the enemy were the sixth and Lith armoured and the 80th and 90th infantry dive which swept Forward four and on half Miles and took seven he advances depended More on the degree of traction Armor could get on the Slippery roads than on enemy Mitchell nine Miles North of the Lith armoured took Buret a Villette sixth blowing More than four Miles took Trine and Northeast of the 90th took de seven mites East of Bas two Miles North of 80th doughs seized Lehman and while fifth men cleaned out four Miles North of first army which took the town of lunged Yards eastward to within three Miles of Vith on the North on the men of third very several other both democratic and re said that Wallace was not qualified for the sen Taft chairman of the Republican steering pre dieted a Senate fight of historic president in his letter to said Henry Wallace de serves almost any service which he believes he can satisfactorily per form the president mentioned wallaces work during the Cam saying that he worked hard for the Success of the democratic ticket although he was not himself a the president advanced the opinion that he could do the greatest amount of Good in the department of com for which he is fully forces was More spontaneous than the Welcome from the germans Are better said Arnold of Brook but at least the germans know enough to surrender when the Case is japs dont so youve got to go dig them Richard of new said the equipment in Europe is better but added he would rather be in the Pacific be cause japs Are not As Good Otis of Long Island agreed with the Bradley had to swim ashore off Normandy and again off in Normandy his boat while in the latter area his Landing Craft hit a history made As yank slept Walter 27yearold infant of was asleep in a bunk of an which was ready to chug across the Chan Nel to France when he was awakened by the hubbub aboard and found that he had made his while he was still yawning and his buddies prodded him awake enough to hear the ships Loudspeaker system blaring out that was the army Soldier to embark irom the for the continent since who has been in the army 17 was formerly a machine operator in where his wife and his and Walter French trained to find mines and Booby traps count casualties have been suffered in liberated France from and Booby traps left by retreating and troops Are train ing a corps of French civilians to remove the War department in the Havre two american engineers and 28 Volunteer French men removed More than mines and Booby three generals shifted in super Ort commands 22 Arnold announced today the reassignment of three general officers of the 20th and 21st bomber both b29 units have been bombing Tokyo and Curtis Lemay be comes cd of the 21st on succeeding Hay Wood who will return to the who has been commanding the 20th by in China will be succeeded by Gen Roger former chief of staff for 21st Barney formerly commanded fifth by on first Field commission first Battlefield commission in the history of the 164th com Bat was awarded recently u Herman of la Quick thinking i loses saves buddies with the 100th Martin of grands is minus one of his hands but due to his High courage two of his buddies of 398th have heir it happened when Anderson crawled into a foxhole with two other William of merchant Ville yelled to him to get out because there was a live grenade in the pfc Louis slipped in trying to scramble and seeing that All three would be casualties if drastic action were not picked the live remembering that there were Bazooka men who might be injured by the Gre he held it High head until it improved bomb fuse has split second timing air service command complaints reached air service command that bombs set to detonate in 33 seconds were blowing up two seconds five ask Arma ment experts and two College professors serving with the command worked out a split second army 26th and sixth up drove into the Luxembourg town of fifth infantry men advanced five Miles Northwest of die Kirsch and other third army forces eared Vianden in French first army troops were pressing their attack in the Vosges in snowstorms which Cut communications to the Point where details of the Mountain As Sault could not be transmitted via sixth army to Shaeff British troops gain British forces launched new attack East of m the dutch and gained this Advance widened the base of the second army attack to about 12 Midway along the British was taken by Tom Mies whose line runs through the Panhandle and into the Hoo of Germany which juts into Holland 30 Miles North of the first army Advance toward St Vith moved both West and East of born where doughs rounded up 165 prisoners and smashed eight self propelled guns and four 75th infantrymen gained Yards toward Vith from the Eastern edges of the grand Bois which they had been russians take 3 rail centers n East Prussia continued from Page 1 through blizzards to make fresh gains in the push West to link tip with Konies army the most important gains of the were on the North Central polish front Between Bromberg and ground suitable for tanks the capture of 28 Miles Northwest of and 50 Miles Northwest of indicates that Zhukov army May be drawing together for a push to the Reich Border Between Bomben and this area has High suitable for Winter tank warfare one Moscow observer tonight said that one prong of Viiu Jantti army probably would attempt to smash North up the polish corridor and Cut off the germans in East not crippled yet although the powerful red army offensives Are great chunks of territory daily there Are As yet no official indications that they germans Are suffering Crip pling losses in Menor that they Are in disorderly Retreat to the there Are signs Hattte germans have managed Toi extra Cate the larger part of their 135 Centra front divisions and Nave pulled them Back into the Eric to for a stand before the Oder riven the which Moscow gives in estimating German for instance in a week of fighting in that the germans have to re Tain most of their strength despite the Swift  no reports that the Saviet forces have pocketed any Large groups of nazi dispatches from Moscow Mecate that the russians that Tea great Winter Battles of the Eastern front will be fought on the Snow covered Plains East of the that is where his East and perhaps it is that the germans Hope to hold red army until the mud and slush of Spring begins to impair its to 9th of blasts vehicles continued from Page 1 damaged practically the concentration of vehicles was trapped in the it of and was almost polished before the 19th i total destruction reported by Ujj 19th included motor transport i with another 523 reported damaged the ninth tag claimed the Dej Striction of 399 and the third army sixth armoured entered Stocken Hoffelt 12 Miles Northeast of b 90th doughs of the 29th tag flew Lea than 200 sorties of the Day s its pilots reported the of the bulk of the Rau rolling with 538 cars destroyed and 298 Del Convoy pulverized stars and stripes correspondent Pat Mitchell reported that concentration spotted l fifth Liaison plane adjusting artillery on main secondary More in cobra n lieu pushed on to three Miles East of South third army men took Noer Trange to the Northwest of Wiltz on the North Side of the Wiltz fifth men took lip Perscheid Northwest of South of below the sagging 94th doughs were battling is men of tire Lith Panzer in one against Many nazis set the trap he sprang it 1 with second ground Hail of steel and Lead from Tiger a Lone machine gunner of Richard of enemy Force at Bay while his company escaped a Jerry trap in sit German attacks were driven Back with staggering on seventh Macdonald men fought but when the tanks fired Point Blank m the they casualties were so heavy that less than 20 met troum be located to set sea by 80 Jerries closed in on the wind Fiji of Cowan wiled at least the Tiger turned on and although the first 88 round crashed Low Over his he re the remaining germans a of his empty inn into the nearby town where he destroyed then took no Dogin with the and the Convoy was invaders a of the ninth bomber comma Tif struck at three Bridges one at As they flew Matt than 300 Bridges at Sim Menf Buhay and Zinzie were the other Well a vital Road june tooth Blankenheim on the escapes Between Prum and bombing was done strategic blows Fay the continued yesterday As 200 flying escorted by sprang new hitlers Supply Wito attack on the synthetic Oil t of bad weather crack trains i new 22 two of new stress train the 20th limited and Commodore from Chicago Todar and a half hours and half hours respective officials attributed the heavy 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