European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yank file army 1945 change of diet St a arc n Des Connor Dubon kindly let All those who Are going out first by Burtt Evans i was a very Small boy my grand father used to take me to vaudeville shows at the old Davis theater in named after the same Harry Davis who had contributed to vaudeville decline by opening the worlds first Nickelodeon on Diamond those were wonderful trick bicycle riders went spinning around the backdrops like so Many trained dogs Goose stepped Back and Forth across the seals seemed delighted to bleat out America on a trumpet for a once i caught the great Man imperturbable juggling More balls than anyone had Ever juggled his bulbous nose in the his mind on the bottle in his hip what fascinated me most of was no part of the actual my main event came after the when the lights went up and the impatient audience began to scramble out of the old then my a Candy Barker who wore a White jacket and a Long Visorde used to climb up and stand on a chair at the head of one of the kindly let All those who Are going out he would that is my most vivid memory of those exciting i can still hear that Barker in the ice Cream suit singing out kindly let All those who Are go ing out for years i tried to get some meaning out of that while other less troubled boys were diligently developing digging furtively into textbooks on feminine heist ing autos and being sent to Reform i puzzled Over the barkers kindly let All those who Are going out just try to make some sense out of it has All the component an orthodox but it Doest add up to you can repeat it Over and Over with different emphasize one word or another in stand it on its head and shake the daylights out of but i defy any one to decipher its a my Early experience with that preposterous sentence is what made me feel so much at Home when the army first landed me in Trinidad and later in a Cairo and for the which is All things to All had provided me with a delightful new line to Ponder and play around of course it could never quite take the place in my heart of kindly let All those who Are going out for a lonely stranger in a foreign it would it would do very the new phrase which captivated my imagination was usually posted by the British military Over the entrances of the less repossessing cafes and restaurants in the various cities and coun tries i have the phrase on a placard and it read in Bounds to other ranks other than what i asked it didst make it was eventually through bitter i Learned that All troops below the Grade of ser Geant Are considered other world famous hostelries such As Mena House and shepherds in the Aletti in Algiers and the Ferdowsi in Teheran Are for officers Only warrant officers and sergeants have their own restaurants the ones which Are left Are open to other after i had Learned what it meant and All the Charm of in Bounds to other ranks Only was gone for i could never Roll it off my Tongue in quite the Way i could kindly let All those who Are going out in the Many months since i found out about other life has been a punctured bal Loon for a Lack Luster Bauble without Glamor or but All is Well again i am All set for the duration plus at breakfast this morning the mess line didst move fast enough to suit one of the ups who slap out the to expedite he hit on a new operating procedure for the sleepy gis who moved slowly past lets keep one feet he told them As they keep one feet casualties Etc ground forces suffered casual ties on the Western front from Day to t 1945 has been announced by the Secretary of the total run resents 54 562 wounded and 45678 ground Force losses for december on the Western front totalled and incl Dpi wounded and 20815 most of the he probably have been German casualties for the same period were estimated at to hic Ludim taken a Ludins 1o6tfi the Secretary announcement said that the 106th infantry division suffered casualties in its Gallant stand near St within the Battle of the ardennes bulge the in tax dead numbered 416 sixth army group announced that its casualties from 15 to 5 totalled of which were in the seventh Amy and 31 544 in the French first the dead6j42 Ameri French captured or missing Ameri 1 590 during the period in which itesiiu5efhwere suffered the 8roup captured of the enemy and buried at least German it was pointed out that the Ger Man fatalities were obviously inasmuch As most of the dead were found during our rapid Advance up the Rhone or after the breakthrough whereas the germans buried their own dead Dur s and on the they didst Hove any camels or so i got British losses British Empire forces suffered casual ties Between and a r5irt made by prime minister the House of com suffered most heavily with military Church ills breakdown of the casualty figures listed Newfoundland with the United kingdom country United 28 040 Australia 18 015 new zealand South Africa India i wounded mining 928 599 totals the totals do not include service personnel who died of natural civilian casualties or losses in the merchant the United kingdoms 5ft 79rf and the total of dead includes women and Chil Dren below the age of Vermont voting municipal and town elections will be held in Vermont on Vermont soldiers who wish who Are Uncertain of their May obtain the information by writing to the Secretary of the letter of could inquire As to what Steps Are to be taken to what taxes Are necessary and what other requirements must be and should Bentten Early to provide ample time for the ballot to be marked and general instructions 8pe in 48 wac discharges on numbers whose husbands from the armed quoted of the is As Fol a Man has been in combat receives an honorable discharge for physical Nna and a doctor certifies that his wife at Home is desirable for his health and she May apply for a unit citations the War department announced award of distinguished unit citations to the following units in recognition of outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy 376th bombardment group 1st 116th infant 463d bombardment group try 465th bombardment group 1st antitank com 484th bombardment group 120th infantry 885th bombardment regiment m antitank com 2d 120th infant 120th infantry try regiment regiment company 120th infant 7th photo reconnaissance try regiment air forces in Italy the fifteenth air Force in commanded by Nathan has flown 150 million Miles in sorties against enemy targets in 12 different during this Fly Uig it dropped tons of bombs on 630 Industrial and military losses approximated aah planes lost in Aerial just Over fifteenth air Force casualties total about including prisoners who were later returned from occupied since the invasion of planes of John cannons twelfth tactical air operating from the flew 223896 sorties and combat dropping a total of tons of twelfth air Force medium and Light bombers destroyed 292 enemy planes in Aerial combat fighters and fighter bombers destroyed the twelfth lost planes to antiaircraft fire and Aerial in seven months twelfth fighter bombers destroyed or damaged motor be Railroad locomotives and More than new Hospital ships seven former army troop ships and steamers have been stripped of their armament and Are being converted into army Hospital bring ing the number of Hospital ships to the new ships will have a combined capacity of a ships to be converted Are the Saturnia former italian luxury liner Colombie and Ili liners Republic and former liner tand the Koranda and Lois former army Wash i Egton of service will have to draft men in Secretary of War Stimson announced at a press this represents an increase of Over the monthly quotas for january and february and a Rise of Over the Tempo of action both in Europe and the Pacific has in creased radically in Secretary Stimson commented in explaining the army increased the germans Are very evidently not going to accept the inevitable without a fight to the and the War against the japanese has moved ahead of reporters asked the Secretary if it were not True that the army is already Over strength considering its ceiling of he said this was but that not All of the men in the army Are that Are sick or wounded in army hospitals and that another have to be counted As ineffective while they Are mov ing in and out in the so called pipe line for the maintenance of the rotation in addition to the army increased More men Are needed in certain critical War in Stetary Stimson by mid More workers win be required in plants making heavy heavy trucks heavy duty tires and Cotton and for War supporting Fields such As Public construction trades and transportation still another War workers must be found to furnish the War pro wl10u Johh needed to Arm some additional French older men must fill the needs of it was Secretary Stimson made i Clear qualified men this year no matter How important their present j yank and and by Law w they Are no rioted 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