European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse 2 the stars and stripes of Weir negro gunners fire on by Ralph staff writer with the 7th Kraut gunners were having a Field Day just pulling they were parked on two looking Down at some crazy americans who were trying to set up some gun positions in a open Field Only 300 Yards the crazy americans were four gun Crews of the 614th negro tank destroyer who were manhandling their Pound guns in the knee deep according to the general Battle these four ads were supposed to keep the Kraut guns Doug feet infiltrated and outflanked a tiny Hilltop town sitting in be tween the two the ads kept the German guns Busy All they kept them so Busy that less than an hour later the Field was littered with burning knocked out guns and dead the massed effect of the incoming freight sounded like the end of the said the Pla Toon 1st Thomas Silver Star Soldier who also holds a Quarter mile record in where he was a crack negro track Star at Mulhouse Mitchell raced around Here faster than he Ever did at evacuating the directing and loading the Penman Crews didst last at one time there was Only one Man left on a gun to aim and fire As Well As occasionally race Back to operate a 50 Caliper on a half William kept firing until a mortar Shell blew up his gun and stripped away both his another Joe jumped into a Burn ing operating the machine gun even though the Hal track was hit twice by the third 88 smacked him but before losing Al laut one gun the boys did Well they quieted two plus a Pill plus several 88s and swept the Woods clean of entrenched mortars and my that single gun continued firing Only because it was dug in in a slight it had stopped for a while too it ran out of when news of the ammo shortage filtered fast Back to t5 Robert Kansas he piled into the ammo truck but he was waved Down by the colonel in charge of the task you cant go up said the explaining that artillery fire was too heavy but who is a very unusual simply told the colonel to get the hell out of the Way because he was taking ammo up to his buddies and he through Shell fire on to the Field until the truck got he then carried the ammo boxes to the gun positions and the under Dillard Booker of the started firing it was dusk when the infantry infiltrated into the but the German big guns were if you talk to the Southern born Doug feet of the 411 of 103rd Tell you that they didst take the town it was this single negro to million parcels lost in Karouf counter Corive 4 close to in addition to a Large Quantity of letter was lost by enemy action or captured during the German offensive on the Western front making this estimate War department officials said that the which occurred in a period of two or three weeks beginning in was the heaviest of the to 300 percent above any other comparable the greatest previous losses occurred earlier in the War through ship despite troubles arising out of the nazi the army postal service was to report that it handled Christ Mas packages for soldiers Over seas with More than 90 percent delivered before Christmas Are still complaints that the Nail both to and from the troops in Europe is suffering from pro longed the army explained that the process of redistributing Hubert february 1945 by Dick Wingert they Overton of Lou touring the european and Mediterranean Heaters with 1c other congressmen men who have been in Europe two to four years Are entitled to go As Well As All combat the logical solution is a compulsory military training pro Gram to give the men Short training in the slates and then assign them to Europe for the big the mail Christmas sent overseas before was continuing and movies famil1atheatre closed sundays 1800 and 2000 hours the gangs All with Alice Carmen Palace theater 1900 and 2103 hours my pal with Jill Sharyn afternoon perform ances have been transient mess i 5 Rue for pm free meals for gis presenting a one Day authenticated trip ticket or travel open 0700 to music and Beer and wine except during meal you clubs arc pm Rue Marechal snack bars pastry and Coffee 1000 to for both pm and Ping music Wash message sketch Barber wac Hen in Ems sitting connection for Iron Allied officers 17 Rue de open to All Allied 1100 to snacks bar open 1130 to another new variety show slated for Dijon a French variety show with a cast of 16 will begin a five Day run at the pain Ilia theater to Morrow sponsored in this area by Cas special and information the show was produced by Tousa special and in formation services and had a Long run in the Paris the performances will Start at tuesday through there will be one showing of the regularly scheduled movie after the stage the show includes a six piece band the two formerly with the Folies Bergeret the Ren vie swing dancers from Casino de Paris the rhythm and de the resume daytime movies afternoon showings of movies at the arc Patrece have been it was announced now it 1900 3joo tit it fwd had w arc Bath hot showers 1000 to bring your own Towel and also sewing and Shine information Center 58 Rue e la Liberia English speaking French girl staff for puzzled sports boxing 5 Rue fights every Friday at open daily for workouts and available tues for reservation Call athletic special 175 Victor c900 to reservations special radio program news hourly on the hour 1204 249 7th army 1500 pc and Shine Parade engagement Turuc in the modern manner Parade Tun time request program melodies diary store Waring ten tavern that several weks More might be required before it could be resorted and broken Down for distribution to smaller because of this general Situa the outbound mail from the troops also is subject to some is the officials said that one unfortunate result of the unavoidable mail delay has been to Causo worry to relatives at Home read ing accounts of mounting casualty lists and failing to hear from men relatives become con Vinced that the absence of a let Ter Means a the germans swarmed out of the Siegfried line 16 a Quantity of Christmas together with other had Boen Laried in Europe and into the Forward there the Field Apo units were sorting mountains of mail for sending to troops on the line or in the imme Diate rear the Swift Ger Man Advance engulfed a number of Giese units and this mail was lost by opera ticket service begun by army unit by special reservations for performances of French operas and operettas at the Dijon municipal theatre May now be made by army personnel at the information office at 56 Rue de la it was announced yester in the the House has usually been bought out far in and Vance by Dijon civilian Popula thursday at 2000 the opera Leroi Dys will be reservations May be made up to 1000 tickets Are 79 and 68 the operetta Les cloches de Corneille will be presented at 1400 and with a third showing at 2000 tickets Are 46 and 41 reservations May be made up to 1000 now hold it a while i make sure Tnyre we dont want none them russians on our snuff stuff to the editor i Hope you will publish this in mail Call so maybe someone will read it who can help us get some Copenhagen snuff in our Para we Haven had any snooze in our rations since last summer in the tobacco says it ships plenty so there must be some lying the voices last mile 4 ans Frank was on the Way to Jersey today after his draft Board there ordered him reexamined 7 for Possi ble induction into the armed he was classified 4f for a punctured ear curb service pro units a new method of combating the venereal disease problem has been worked out by the 28th Jbf it was disclosed yes the outfit has constructed and completely equipped five to bile prophylactic stations for use in areas which Are without manent stations quartermaster technicians built the unique Mobile units under the direction of Jacob Wex battalion sur members of the battalion the Wuch Are in on Eton mid the Titt True go style ill never my Darling the moment we first met its etched upon my memory like a painting new and wet and every Little detail is Sharp and Clear and it was Oclock on thursday was it Friday night no twas tuesday eve at seven wait a moment thas not right guess it must have happened thursday Friday i was like red tight there you your Blue eyes twinkling As they Arent Blue of that right now i remember they Are and Lovely too you say Green Well darn it whats a Small mistake or two then i took your remember and i i think youre grand what i didst Coo a Damn thing and i didst take your hand Well i meant to is it pure truth you demand what about that Lovely evening As we strolled across the and you and kept on crying when i said id soon be gone what you never cried for anyone except your Boyfriend John i have made some errors no one has a perfect brain but despite those Little nothings one fact constant will i will always love you Darling mean Jane David Boss rendezvous with life take me Back to the splendor of some warehouse Here in in not just Stewart Grade skipping to the editor would you please Settle an argument for us Fellows Here in the Hospital was it possible at one time to receive a promotion in officers rank by skipping grades i say it but a few Fellows Here dont believe was it True that a private somewhere in the Pacific at one time was Given a Battlefield com Mission of Captain Laingo to promote an officer More than one Grade at a time is but it requires compress Iothial for Pershing was raised from Captain to can be commissioned to any rank in the although congressional approval is needed for ranks above in regard to your Pacific Herman Bottcher was Cote missioner a Captain in the Campaign on new Guinea and there May very Likely have been other such fan mail to the editor i want you to know that i enjoy your paper very especially the poets column and mail Glyn Brymer taint unhappy Day Bokums take double powder Wen us Hill Williams gives a body Thole dog Patch we really chucks looks like this we Dun pitched the Bokums Clear out of th1 booze Effen youll us Foks pretended we didst Knoth Bokums on account of Over pop Lashun wus the turnip so ups an per we but be Kumin they Allus wuss Saint say new 61 1945 Raaf where to War Scavo i have Juliet me live in Contentment the love you have Pray for a Sukk ending of All Suff Cung and for it a daily newspaper for armed forces in published mondays through officer in Pijon editorial and circulation 12 Rue phone
