European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes 1945 Long Short of it Howie the basketball was rejected because he is Over the armed services maximum height of 6 feet 6 what the hell am i doing in the army my height six feet seven pfc Charles 355 red have been informed soldiers Over 6 feet six inches Are being Dischar if inform me on Correct because in 6 feet and 8 Joe 574 kid now that youre the medical department says height alone is insufficient reason for Dis youd have to show that it seriously impairs your efficiency in your present or in any to which you could he once out heres a suggestion to the big in order to expedite the unconditional surrender of the Ger lets Tell them that every Square Inch of German soil we have to fight for will be taken from them in the coming peace and lets actually make that one of our sur Render pretty fast when they see their country slowly being Dis solved by Hitler Dennis Ger Pool v w v meetings about to begin what to do with servicemen when the War is won the question is what will servicemen do with the world when the War is won not what the world will do with we appreciate the go Bill of rights were glad to see the things being prepared for our Welcome return to civilian we deeply resent being looked upon As a Bunch of returning As a mob of adolescent kids who dont know what they after this War is we know what we we do not want a world where two or three men get together and plan what to do with we want a world where the millions of us get and plan what we want for America and the Gas thinking about or forming some sort of club where we can get together where we can speak a million voices for the clubs organized that clubs been organized for hundreds of it started Way Back when Man first said i am when he said i can print it started with the when Man first said i will Pray to no one can Stop that clubs been meeting every every its alot of us didst know what kind of a club this this till we got away from the club room for a and came Over a hell of a Tot of us didst realize then just How Good it was to to enjoy the benefits of a whole lot of us didst even know we were a part of that now we we see a lot of folks who dont belong to our we see their kind of we dont like pm we know ours is How Man of us failed to vote when we had the thought it a waste of tune to because the deals the cards stacked so you want to do you lets get the club going our Way when we come Home make sure that this club gets started on the right we must not be satisfied with just a swell a Houseful of when in another Twenty years we must leave that Home or have our kids sail Over oceans to such a hell of a mess As were mixed up in we must not be Content with just a Classy car with Sharp then some Day Trade pm in for a newfangled Type of jeep and Well set it straight you Are we will Well take Over this democracy club set it the stabs and stripes printed at the new York Herald Tribune 21 Rue de for the armed forces under auspices of the information and Educa Tion special and information Tel Elysee contents passed by the army and Navy entered u second class at the Post new under the act of mar3 1878 196 if we dont like the Way some Guys Are running we go up there and run pm Why not Why you be mayor of the of Home town and Why not you for sheriff and Over Why you run for City clerk look look our future president could Well be in that foxhole next to Why a not in the name of has a better right to Lead America in her search for than the Gas who saw his Best Friend we enjoyed this club for a Long were paying our the question seems to me to be what will servicemen do with the world when War is won you Are a member you dont have to you Are already in the Settle Down around that can of c a Start thinking about this club of youre the Guy that going to be the Boss youre going to run the a lot of folks Are banking on you doing a Good go in zoot suit Ive observed pm dressed in zoot suit it can be seen at any wac or red Cross and is a putdown Blouse with fancy trim in anxious to know if a 3 stating alterations which result in a material change will not be made in any article of uniform is still in if Sot Why Arent offenders instead of being allowed to Dis Grace our uniform Ben Jamin 13th traffic fit is still in amended by Sec authorizes wearing of the Bel length without fancy it does not authorize altering last Man Home Kay offers to the first Soldier to enter Berlin Why not a similar award to the last yank to leave the Damn pfc Bronze Star medal plying officers have received the Bronze Star certain awards pertain to certain services and ground forces hold those awards dear to plying right fully get their share of can the award of this medal to flying personnel be justified air this medal is awarded for heroic or meritorious service not involving participation in Aerial flight against an if flight personnel perform such service while not in they could receive the an editorial the Man who makes the outside of Chow and a letter from Home nothing Means As much to a Soldier As when the last sniper is captured or killed when the cellar is swept and the dirt details Are done he wants to know what How he what the other boys up and Down the line where the reds what happened at Home and what about Pansy Bokums grand Mammy last years vol Kischer Beo Zachter lining the cupboards of the beat up farmhouse Doest fill the there is no the nearest newsreel is Miles so Are the nearest bul Letin and the bread to satisfy a soldiers news hunger is the stars and we print a lot of but its a big and the distance from the press to the Pill Box is theres Only one Way to be sure the Joe in the Snow gets the that if every Captain and lieutenant every Corporal and Plain go shares his copy with three or four other and if someone takes the time and trouble to take the to the lets deliver the news to the Man in the after Hes the Guy who makes Ernie Pyle writes at least till be hot in Pacific this is the first column by Ernie Pyle since the one he wrote in France to say goodbye and Good Luck to soldiers in the that one appeared on 5 in the first stars and stripes to be printed in Paris in world War Ernie Pyle now is writing his column from the Pacific and it will be published from time to time in the stars and by Ernie Pyle san Here we go its been four months since i wrote my last column from in four months of no production a writer gets out of the he forgets the rhythm of Falls into the easy habit of not making himself or feel in self sex this first column is your mind automatically resents up front with Mauldin Able Fox five to Able for i a but a gotta be the task of focusing itself your thoughts Are scattered and you cant get them together to go on to words come you have to think you curse the Day you Ever took up writing t9 make a until in once More immersed in the routine of daily writing and transported once More into the on track work of in afraid youll have to be tolerant with no pleasant Prospect theres nothing Nice about the Prospect of going Back to War anybody who been in War and wants to go Back is a Plain Damn fool in my in certainly not going because Ive got itchy feet again or because i cant stand America or because there is any Mystic fascination about War that is drawing me in going simply because there is a War on and in part of it and Ive known All the time i was going in going simply because Ive got i hate this time it will be the when i left France last fall we thought the War in Europe was about i say we because i mean almost everybody Over there thought i thought it was so near the end i could come Home and before the time came to go again that Side of the War would be finished and Only the Pacific would be old friends in Europe but it didst turn out that nobody knows How Long the european War will All my friends and associations and sentiments Are on that i sup Down in my i would rather go Back to that for Over in Europe i know the Tempo of i feel at Home with in a and yet i think its Best to stick with the original plan and go to the there Are lots of Guys in that War they Are the same Guys who Are fighting on the other Only with different that it int belittling my friends in Europe to desert them and go to the Pacific for a in going with the Navy this since the Navy is so dominant in the Pacific and since Ive done very Little in the past on that part of the i wont stay with the Navy for the ably two or three then Back ashore again with my Noble the to go aboard ship Security forbids telling you just what the plans but i can say that Fly across the Pacific and join ship on the other aboard ship ill be out of touch with the world on Long it May be there will be lapses in the daily column simply because it is impossible to transmit these but we will do our Best to keep them going v i Haven figured out yet what in going to do about in one of those unfortunates with a terrific stomach ache on land but one that turns to whey and Jelly when i get aboard know of nothing that the Muse in a Man As much As the constant compulsion to throw perhaps i should have taken along my own Oil to spread on the troubled friends warn me about All kinds of horrible diseases in the about dysentery and malaria and fungus that gets in your ears and intestines and that horrible swell ing disease known As gods gifts to germs All i can say is that Rax gods gift to those fungi will shout and leap for Joy when i show maybe i can play the pied Piper the germs will All follow me when i get there and leave the rest of the boys free to what with sickness and shot and see in Noc overwhelmed with Relief at starting out but theres one thing in favor where in one thin that will make life bearable when All is darkness and and that one thing is that out in the Pacific ill be damned Good and stinking boy if i folks at borne Send Kif fac these Gas Swift Lii Uto of Ger Herbert 2 opt Gene 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