European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yank Tow army weekly 1945 enemy territory on Tach reserved for officers Only the Man who liked spam by Len Zinberg once was a big fellow named Cyrus ringer in the due course of received his greetings and found himself in the ringer want very Happy about it All until he sat Down to his first meal and they slammed a big piece of spam in his mess strange As it May it does seem had been ringers favorite food in civilian in he considered it a rare so he ate the spam As fast As he could and shocked the Cook by asking for when he came Back for the mess sergeant passed his gut full of Good old ringer bummed a cigarette and sat Back and if they gave you spam every he the army want going to be so rough after ringer was a Good Mechanic and an excellent but his lust for spam turned out to be the High Point of his military the mess offi hearing about this strange quickly had ringer put into special he skipped Basic and was immediately made a his sole duty was to eat spam at mealtime with great which want hard for t5 in a week he became the greatest morale builder the induction Center had Ever the special service officer wrote to washing ton about this Freak with sealed ringer was flown to a Poe and immediately shipped overseas on a secret As soon As he he was driven at top Speed to see the commanding who had More stars than a smack in the the general told t5 ringer about his it seemed that complaints about spam had reached the Point where even the italians refused to eat As the general an army May move on its but in mod Ern warfare it moves on the general in 16 pressed upon ringer the great importance of his Mission and the absolute secrecy it All ringer had to do was wander from mess Hall to mess Hall and ask for seconds on for six months he did and he grew fat and it was a Happy with plenty of sack and he still liked spam so much he carried Small tins of it around with him for that mid afternoon along about the seventh t5 ringer got a Little homesick and a Little weak in the Knees from using italian he went to the commanding general and said i want in not fed up with but Ive had enough of the army ill make you a the commanding general ill give you the Good conduct medal with five said belching you Fellows been pretty decent to but i want to go i aint Happy no the general was ill give you a furlough and make you a real honest Togo Buck sergeant ringer Shook his not the general ran a handkerchief Over his polishing them just in Case youve forgot he these stars Arent Christ Astree youre in for the duration and six and youll stay the Way in ringer said the general want too he Felt sure that after a few hours of real army life ringer would come crawling Back to his secret the next As the general was driving Down the he saw ringer leaning against an out abounds finishing a Small can of spam while six Little italian kids got sick to their stomachs watching ringer looked pretty the general stopped his get away from that out abounds joint he Button up that shirt and wheres your tie lets take it said youre talking to a civilian the general went youre out ringer carefully ran his Finger around the in Side of the spam licked the spam off and threw the can away with a sure in he i got a Section you did the general How ringer borrowed a cigarette from the general and lit he blowing out a perfect smoke perfectly they gave me a Section 8 two seconds after i went up and told them i liked