European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and jewel of hot happens to be an Early that probably the reason Why he captured a instead of vice the 45th thunderbird Rifleman found a Nice dry Carn and went to sleep after his company Orthe ssh had liberated an alsatian Thomas remembered being awakened during the night by an other crawling in Heade but he was so comfortable he didst pay any attention to the the next t3homas awoke to find one Ger Man sleeping next to him and another at his the Suo ten movement awakened one who took Thomas grabbed his steel Vel Telat the other when lessened to Bash him on the head unless he sur Nan said Kamerad very of drinks on the the infantry men of the out f i t discovered six kegs of wine in the cellar of a House in France they were using As an the gis quaffed the Vin Moun Tain their backs under the fighting terrible 20 victors by 100 to one in 7fl ardennes siege by Pat Mitchell and stripes staff writer with 87th platoon Leader liked to so did his terrible Twenty riflemen of k of the 346th Glenn of and his men attacked the strongly held ardennes Village of held the nazis at Bay for seven killed at least 100 germans and lost Only one disgruntled at being the regi mental shave Tail who was a quiet medic student before the switched to the Rifle line and on the first Day of duty tipped off the attack m first pc term h Ebe is the first divisions latest mystery the strange Case of the disappearing Pickle the wheel the two zombies were found walking Back to toe German they were hustled of tothe pm Cage instead of the the germans tried to catch Henry of with his pants Dow but he managed to get away with most of the cloth platoon Leader with the 424th of the 108th lion was so Busy dodging enemy fire at Vith that he ripped three trousers in two the first he dived through a barbed Wirt Fence to the safety of a leaving part of his trousers in shreds on the he changed into a new pair and started he haunt far when enemy artillery Loose this Sartor ripped is As Well As his on a jagged Rock when he Dove for the the next it was shells again that made Sartor dive out of his jeep into a he Tore the seat of bin pants Bahng of the Johnny our says that he is j getting an aching Back from lugging around those letters sent in to the stars and stripes from units claiming to be the first to do something or get some where but the claim of a third armoured to in is one that cant be the battalion says it held the first i fire Sale on German soil it happened when John of Mari brought Back a Load of pm included pocket Combs and Fountain pens in addition Suiwu to the usual Candy and there were not enough to go around so the pm committee hid them in an unused stove in the officers planning on hav ing a drawing in the morning to see who would get the that Herbert of Philadel had a hankering for a spot of he built a fire in the stove and then smelled something like celluloid Mukhalian threw water on the f then poked around to find scorched Combs and the pm under the guidance of Cpl Thurman former and of arranged a fire Sale next against the nazis who were snug and warm in this he re so i made a patrol Early i the Doman with James who Calls himself the California and pfc Warren of the patrol was seeking a warm place for the who were freezing out in the he called for six volunteers for a patrol and picked George Emil pfc Gerald pfc Clyde John Bently and Bichard sought out Lone Jerry we jumped off at 3 got into town and moneyed around looking for a Lone Piger spotted a hefty nazi sitting guard duty at a Nice House so i sent him and some others to surround the joint while Blankerbaker and i pushed open the Creaky door and surprised the House was full of Jerries but my pistol was deep in his belly and he came at am he sent Baci 20 splitting the group into two to sweep the town from end to they ran into trouble at the same House from which they had taken the Jerry but Doman sent a Bab Man against a Street sweeping a Chin gun when the Road was cleared he called for a group under Donald of to fall Back to a building taken put in Call for shelling i then saw 30 or 40 Jerries com ing at us and called on my radio for Doman As time went along that artillery got better and especially with the help of Lloyd Cassista of West who relayed my double talk along about 11 Oclock according to the platoon Leader the Jerries brought up a Panther tank to blast the yanks from their Stone the Damn tank started to fire into us and pumped eight direct hits into the building which started coming i radioed for Permis Sion to retire even though we were we got heroic medic adds dec to other awards ninth Henry j of got his commission on the Hes been in combat overseas for More than two and Hes never fired a he has been awarded the distinguished service a Silver a Bronze a purple heart and a distinguished unit of the 47th infantry was a staff sergeant and a medical Aid Man last july in nor Landy when he dashed through a Hail of Rifle and machine gun fire and then talked a German finer nto a Hal hours truce so he could Ender fir staid to two seriously wounded infantrymen and evaluate them to for he was awarded the in sep he received a Battlefield scouts mowed Down he was serving with a Small Force of riflemen when the group pushed Orward through a Wood to a Small two scouts were sent Forward to investigate the terrain and the first but before hey had advanced 50 a Well concealed machine gun mowed them one of the his leg badly desperately grabbed Bunches of grass and pulled himself Back to safety where Kucharski gave him first Kucharski then dashed into the Clearing to help the other wounded Only to be greeted by heavy Rifle and machine gun he ripped off his bed Cross armband and waved it determinedly before the the firing ceased and a hard looking nazi lieutenant stood up behind the in give you 15 minutes to Eva Cuate your said the lieu tenant in perfect take them along that he in pointing to a route past the germans hedgerow but 15 minutes int in have to carry them Back through the insisted the fast talking medic exacted a Promise of a half hour truce and an evacuation route of his own n v Art l4 cub is a thing of in this havoc by Bud Button stars and stripes stall writer ninth bomber command Jan Ris of is a havoc but youd him that an l4 gub Liaison plane int the in the the a20 havoc in which Morris was Tunnel chewed by flak overs the German Border was forced to ground Thel clambered from of artillery spotting i Circle abrupt peeled off and site Landing in the smal toe a20 had crashed Hes rough too shoot Inest Man in 34th tank Given Silver Star out of of action a battling and Al the Doug feet deserve All the publicity they get and but have to Mam Tain communications at All often in the height of attack under heavy Howard second 415th i wrote a 103 Page letter approximately Cpl boy Fonseth since Day we have flown 3 314 hours and 15 minutes with a combined total or 3466 Swenson and two 29th Liaison plane unit on the evening of Jan 6 i dealt a perfect cribbage hand to Joseph three Jack of and a five As the 29 Herman j 320th our mess Anthony Guanci made some ice Cream for he used powdered powdered Vanilla extract and first 47th army signal corps photo two nazi captured in Are brought in by a 78th Lor the trek to pm with fifth a mobed Marvin fifth a Mored tank platoon is about twice the size of a notre Dame and the germans Are beginning to Thilk he is four times As Hes called the shoot Inest Man in the 34th tank and rides a tank like he used to ride the broncs Back in during a recent attack which he Success fully spearheaded to vital High ground overlooking the Boer Orgill kept a machine gun mounted on the Turret ring of his tank smoking when closeup tar gets he blasted them with his Tommy when both guns ran out of ammunition he reached for his Pearl handled revolver and with the tank shot and lulled a nazi Bazooka air and caused three others to come out of their fire trenches with their hands Back in the Battle of France Orgill changed tanks three tunes in one Day when he was leading his combat one tank was hit and the other two ran put of Orgil holds the Bronze Star and was recently awarded the Silver Star the division Lunsford for gallantry in a gun without sights knocks out nazi plane with third abm sights on the 40mm boors Eun in c had just been removed during the daily maintenance period when 12 swept in for a strafing As the batters other guns opened Harry of and Cpl Alvon e of leaped Nito the seats of their guns and firing without Forward area sights or fir direction scored a direct the men explained that they watched the tracers and made necessary Little what now with fifth Luxem Andrew Walzer of Cleve land and first Lith claims he Hast been Able to get a new pair of shoes since he left he wears could take to George or Mored faltered at the youre behind the ill take 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