European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1945 taxis at 3 francs 50 centimes twas world War i by Bud Button burs and stripes staff writer memo to who soldiered for the 20th a in that other War thank you very for the Mercl you never can know How much it the soldiers pocket phrase that that you left in the piano in the hotel Cravat one War and 26 years ago the one put out by Myca in that is the one where you under lined the phrases for Beefsteak and liver and Chicken and three francs 50 Here the Guys were coming into town on 48hour going to the bar and having o i a o into the operated a bearing Stilwell name Rand american to la is opened year Battle Ilion Over who St saw it i recalled in Cost Ibe the of cooperate Lions to get of i and together Tol Over no or was never action of Ery Nat Wei and a Short time hat they had 3 eluding bum s and steam re want the dirt and the Road the Lese and japs from engineers workers foil build 3d dig dra fire from Neas periodic a but i engineers play Large role in building link 248 Short Span to assure traffic on the Road it was necessary to blast away sides of mountains in Many the Southwest import transportation supervisory a joint chinese and american has been established to supervise the that Are in normor guns and ammo into roads importance stressed Moor Tance of the Road bras recently by Stilwell successor who said that there growing belief that the final teat of Japan would take place chinese soil according the completion of the Stilwell Road has had the effect a powerful tonic on the spirit our army and our linked together with the history Road Are such military Cam As were fought by merrills Luders and the recent Suc us Allied push along the tween River in for the lers who fought in these Cam is and for the men who built Road the Man called vinegar Joe had a tribute when their 3 v Iii i a hell of a time telling what they wanted because they insisted on speaking a hell of a time they were out of the piano then the professor the other night banged a sour note and got up indignantly to look into the piano As if maybe there was a cat or a horse asleep in there he yanked his hair a couple of times and out of the piano pulled this Little paper covered Book the sol pocket phrase Book that you left behind so Long after everything was like those hot Fried eggs Cefus sur be la ban lobster and Chicken and All it was just what the boys needed two More if the Cognac is All and Well Dunk the ration biscuits in some real assistance in the front of this Book it says in Small print that a character named Apperson was responsible for the phrases he was a big like with the phrase which would rather take a How much and with the answer in Small Privit to the right three francs 50 Cen do you know How far you could go Ina taxi these Days for three francs 50 lieutenant if you could get a taxi that other that other War sure was Tough on the lieutenant trapped i mans mortar to rout enemy by Wade Jones stau and stripes staff writer with seventh off alone in the Middle of a a Hal track Driver from the 14th armoured became a Oneman mortar squad to win a Street Battle which resulted in the capture of 13 germans and the death of Many realizing that he and his vehicle were isolated and without Augustine of backed his track to where he remembered a mortar was set he began operating the six Man to observe his fire he ran a Short distance from his position behind the Hal track to see where the Shell then he scrambled changed Anklet go when attempted to slip up on his flanks he jumped into his vehicle and drove them off with Cal machine gun in Bojorquez fired 70 rounds from the mortar and when Aid finally came and the barrage quieted the 13 dazed Ger Gus of looks Over a multiple German rocket gun knocked out in peek is with 949th a ringed canno neers kill 100 before Motley Crew saves 9em r like where it can you change american Money Pouv Elvous changer de 1argent and the answer comes Back very i hand you five francs 70 centimes for one Dol my poor aching Lieut t1o tit Mculty of the supplies pressed administration Toad Teristi Oad engineers Hission was said widened More Stilwell about the Road that bears repaired us name i take off my hat to id fee Meri who fought for it and Stone Arch Jcj wit for a sleeping car some of the boys wanted to say thank you for the Este quil y a in Wagon it that to there a sleeping car it sure is Handy to know How to ask if there is a sleep ing the Guys did All with Tae French for have Vou any Wood alcohol give me a what is the Price of wine we Are keeping the translation to that on account there int a hell of a lot of Wood alcohol there were a couple of gags that were really in that phrase the Guys like to have died Luis finish Job the 80th Siam is Royce i a months to be aft authority for the Arn lifter his outfit went j first tank a Tillery fire All try artillery Oyce rescued from this he Star Ved another the oldest i is years his found Fau mortar a Rappel Ospital that to and scar the third army youngest when he was it took then he convinced his age when he joined the the War department i that the youngster be Dis the Youthful Veteran probably reach Home before his 18th May in which will him of draft pm an old Guy Royce let the kids finish the nazis ninth i plane dropped a bomb and Lent punctured the tire of hippy seconds other Jerry plane dropped so of had fight to work by of changing the these struck funny note you where it there Many foreigners in France there Are italians and Why Are they All in France they have come to fight against the you Many japanese and several other when will the War end Are there Many Neutral countries in Europe there Are Holland and let us Hope they will not enter the after they read that the Guys kind of looked at each and one of Bill of the fifth Twenty six years is sure a hell of a Long mans trooped up to kills 100 nazis despite Tiger with second Bel fire from a Tiger Royal didst phase pfc Jose of and 23rd who fired rounds from his machine gun to kill about 100 Ger mans during an enemy counter Lopez covered is flank when was forced to withdraw be cause of a three Way nazi Armor assault at the same he covered he held ground despite fire and machine gun bursts from an enemy tank and mowed Down 25 Jerry infantrymen following the Tiger when had he moved his gun to Cut Down Waves Oik five times he changed position of his he was blown Over backward by concussion but he retrieved and reset the gun blasted from his when the Battle was Lopez machine gun was the Only one carried away by the texan hauled it out on his u in div Luxembourg delayed in by the wehrmacht when the ardennes counter smash was at Peak canno neers of a a kept the enemy at Bay with rifles and the situation got so Touchy that the Herbert of radioed his neigh Bors in b and directed them to swivel their 105s in on his own together the two units killed 100 germans before the besieged men were the nazi attack opened with hours of pinpoint shelling Shrap Nel peppered the damaged their guns and chopped their com the americans kept 1st German paper in occupied Reich 0f f Aachen presses first 31 German language newspaper was receive Bronze stars k published in Allied occupied Ger Many was on the streets a Streamer headline on the first Issue said russian Victory train Rolls the front Page also told of Allied advances in the sit Tard area and in the ardennes and of destruction of German columns in the main news picture showed Eisenhower conferring with Field marshal inside were stories about the advances in the Philippines and Raf attacks on German the called Achener Nach will appear printed in plants taken Over from the Aachen newspapers and published by a German editorial and Mechan ical appearance followed numerous requests to the allies from the people of who complained they were hungry for Achener a Schrichten celebrated its first Issue an editorial Jubi lating Over the expulsion of the nazis from the hey pfc John wards Job was to get the Jerries out of the barn Down the the 44th bar Man from put a clip of tracers in his set fire to the Hay and smoked out five Ger their big guns roaring at the on the second Day germans fired on a wire repair Crew from Woods behind the american then machine guns began Boring in from All sides and the yanks knew they were could hear pm scream a demand to surrender was answered with a Stream of Lead by Patrick pfc Charles Saratoga pfc Joseph Paul Mil and Francis Franklin called on b for fire and climbed to a Housetop to direct we just walked the shells along the Edge of the Woods and Down into a draw where the germans seemed to be gathering he we could hear them screaming As the shells hit and later counted 60 bodies around the toward dusk the beleaguered band heard the rumble of advancing they were led by the battalion hearing of the trouble he had commandeered two tanks and rounded up a Motley Force of engineers tank destroyer clerks and Cooks the rescuers demolished a Road clock and smashed through the ring to scatter the germans and destroy the this is Home it even has a baby Shes 18 with the 84th cigarette Butts for Coffee grounds for Mam and washing baby face every morning is routine for a group billeted with a belgian family the baby name is and Shes 18 years number one contender for face washing honors is George of and running a close second is Daniel of the Bronze Star medal has been awarded to Elizabeth h of Frances and Mabel Marie Jorgensen of the by maj Henry Normandy base Section Branch was cited for her work As head of the orders Section she joined the wac in and has been overseas since Susel and Jorgensen were rewarded for Superior efficiency and tireless Devotion to duty in connection with military operations from August to 404th Thunderbolt Ted by president the 404th Thunderbolt of the ninth of has won a presidential citation for lambasting German railroads Between the Siegfried Barrier and the Rhine on fighter bomber pilots under Carrol Mccolpin of then the group swept dangerously Low to destroy 24 smash or damage More than 100 freight wreck two rail Bridges and blast tracks in 32 places for one Days Allied leaders in Burma Campaign after the capture of strategic in by american trained and american led chinese the generals who directed the successful operation entered the captured left to right Are Sun id chief of the 1st chinese and Dan i Chi who replaced