European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse 1945 Watt still s j heres War Rayj Hammerstrom and Refu Rasa the guck to the states Fifie sighing came bits of info lie Dames of were the Beer was tie skies were bluer and in general the was better than iffy place on but a i be a i if he didst Hare a Gripe about some Hammerstrom and Underwood were no hard to get too cigarette shortage Back there is really Underwood you gotta go into a store practically waving three medals and a purple heart to get your favorite Hammerstrom agreed and came up with his own the Damn trains Are As crowded As the 40 and he but a combat stars and a Good Fine of chatter usually get you a what Bay and Bill had to say on the old gag the folks Back Home dont know theres a War on was simple and almost Home front is aware that a Crock of said the people at Home know the most of pm have fathers or husbands or Brothers in the when a Bullet hits Joe of los it hurts eleven million mothers and fathers an Over the if anybody tells you the people at Home dont a Hammerstrom said amen Hammerstrom and Underwood come from and but made much of the trip both ways after the men were speedily processed through a couple finally winding up at others most convenient to their too much attention we were Well taken care of All the Hammerstrom com too if you ask i want used to ask ing a couple of doggies like us if we wanted More fresh or have you had enough to Soldier a Guy cant take stuff like that All of a All the whoop Dedo ended finally and men tucked their papers into their next to the new and and and then it was Home and family and girl and then it was of mfr but All too they put away their hearts for the duration and dragged the rest of the body to the Railroad the processing began a Over Page 5 nazis Plant big trucks keep Rollin alone turning the Earth upside Down for a few a German Shell lands directly in the path fan american truck Convoy moving up on the italian this unusual picture was taken by an army signal corps we got be fore said the tiie time we finally began Hitt ing a couple of the very same pimps through which our outfit had at the Start of the trek we were ready for a Fife Ever lovin arms of our now there Back Jerry Hunting but next time its for keeps they that trajectory fire from mortars Routs foe Bel attacking the a platoon of William Roe of the 12th recently came up against a wrinkle Flat trajectory fire massed 81mm mortar fire having failed a break up a Roe his men to remove the from the Brace the web their Knees and fire the fire a filed or routed encircled gis smash Way out with 84th by a company of five men of g of an knocked out one killed 20 wounded 25 and returned safely to their own Edward of los Angeles William Cedar Iowa pfc William Ohio pfc Edward and were sent but to protect the right flank of their they saw a machine gun squad the dressed in ran into the Bushes As soon As they saw the sergeant opened fire with his at that moment a company of germans the yanks Cut Down the first wave of but realizing the hopelessness of the Jackson ordered his men to make a dash for a nearby Field to return to the safety of their own yanks adopt dog after howl leads to capture of foe with 26th Little dog a nazi patrol was Cap a town was a Mascot was adopted by the anti tank company of the 104th it All began when the howl of a dog warned the Sevenman Security patrol of Robert Simard that Jerry was in the the squad was alerted and soon after pounced on a German Send ing the five captives Back to the pm questioning of the Jerries produced information which led to the capture of a nearby town the next Day Early that morning a Little with a bleeding Back was found near the position by the Pooch was nursed Back to health by the made an honorary patrol Given a too Rommel on ride Bui not right kind with seventh Tasker of a seventh army tank took Field marshal Erwin Rommel for a in not the right kind of a during a demonstration of american infantry and tank tactics at fort held Forhing ranking foreign military then a took Rommel for a ride in a Light tank and brought him Back with a Little i could have made that ride consider ably said leaflet explaining allies terms to germans reported radio Luxembourg declared yesterday that the allies have dropped Over the Western front dealing with capitulation and explaining the Allied stand on unconditional the United press unconditional surrender is Beta insisted the leaflets Are sail to it could always be said afterwards that Germany had been betrayed by an individual capitulation does not mean that germans who surrendered willbe at the mercy of the victorious they Are under the Protection of the Geneva convention and will be treated with the leaflets Are that also Means that individual germans who had nothing to do with the crimes committed by War criminals will not be taken to for those it the wish of the allies to the German people possibility for a peaceful development As members of the european family of in mute foes share foxhole by Howard Byrne stars and stripes special writer with 79th american Soldier a German Soldier spent an entire night Toback in a foxhole by an unspoken each kept mom about the other when came around to Check on their e american Soldier was Robert who found himself isolated in Jerry has platoon was ordered to withdraw a a position into which considerable numbers cans had became confused in the dark and when f americans threw in an artillery barrage he Jol self in the Middle of he dived into Ole and a few minutes later Jerry tumbled in behind the two men looked at each other but neither could speak the others Lan each was without a weapon except for a single the pair stood Bac Toback in the foxhole hours and sweated out the artillery shells soon after a German noncom approached the foxhole and asked the German Soldier How lie was the Jerry in the foxhole said Only that he was several hours later an Amer ican noncom came around looking for Pruitt said nothing about the when Daylight Pruitt heard his baddies As they reoccupied the he grabbed the Jerry and yelled for the Jerry seemed glad it was pair of tankers go a Wol get Back into Battle with seventh Fred of the Hopes the reinforcement depot will not be too Down in him for missing a few of its Burton came overseas 22 months ago and fought As a Tanker in Africa and As an Artil Peryman at where he was he Felt that dry running was a Little repetitious for him at this stage of the there was a War going on and he wanted to get Back into a buddy of his Felt the Safeway about together they took off to find a tank outfit that was looking for a couple of fighting near souffle Nheim they ran troop trains add hot meals army reinforcements Riding up to the front in Continental trains Are getting hot food As a result of Kitchen car innovations instituted by com z replacing the cold ration and cration menu which was served in route to the combat hot food now is being prepared in a rolling Kitchen unit attached to each troop More than 50 Kitchen units now Are in operation Between Continental ports and army each unit consists of a regular Kitchen converted from an old 40 8 or French and a Supply cleanup Man pfc Arlie of wiped out a squad of Ger Man infantrymen advancing on his position in Bel daring the counteroffer co first 329th of the 83rd of which Cullers is a repulsed the attacks and held out in the belgian town for two Days until relieved by a British into Donald of hat a platoon Leader in a tank Burton and his buddy told Crane their Story and wanted to know if he could use a couple of experienced tank get what they wanted the lieutenant said Hells and took the pair to capt Camille the Pelletier said i knew the men were awol and technically i should have turned them Over As but we were in need of men and when they said they went awol to fight i guess i was easily when the tank company jumped off the next morning Burton was Pinch hitting for a Bow his buddy at the controls of a tank which had lacked a hell of a Good Man a first Louis of new added Burtons a hell of a Good the men like to fight with him and wed certainly like to keep Good tank men Arent easy to hire at the when Pelletier received the re ports he said that he would try to straighten things out so that Bur ton would not have to Burton grimly pointed out that his buddy would not be reporting Back to the reinforcement depot his tank had been hit and when last seen was on Burton said he would kind of like to stick around and get he Hopes those in charge at the reinforce ment depot will make it engineers shot Down mel09 with Small arms with Supply Low flying me109s attacked a Bridge while is second platoon of the 347th is was working on the Struc Small arms fire from the platoon set the Wing of one plane causing it to crash about a half mile the Pilot was the company has been credited by the up of the 455th aaa for bringing Down an aircraft without 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