European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 2 the stars and stripes 1945 heaven and Earth i notice that bag occasionally dons Cap and gown and lends an ear to the wring of philosophical i refer to the letter of pfc who discussed and 3 agree War is a Moat Damnable but i calling armed re to forces of evil a violation of the command thou Shalt not and picturing War As god9 god commands us not to but let interpret this command if we Are to strive for world of brotherly regard promised by Jesus and the prophets we must surf Cly fight for War being Gode punishment to i cannot worship a who is so unjust and the Gad i worship is not capable of such Bomi did your buddies who were picked off by enemy bullets commit any crime deserving such a punishment let us not profane god by calling the nazis Bis is caused by men whom god has who know not on the Day that such men Are made powerless War shall Pavid 50th dough boy Bead the article in the and stripes concerning the origin Oftie term doughboy but there no mention of a theory which i have known quoting Doughty b syn Ono Moua with this was in no Way meant to convince anybody that i live up to the meaning of the name nor that i am an infantryman which would undoubtedly give me an unwanted Chance to prove Ralph belgian billets the situation of billeting combat in belgian cities seems to be pretty on several occasions we have taken spiders to our own Billet and have put them up for the let us forget about billeting the few in hotels while the masses Are forced to seek shelter in we dont mind putting up some but unfortunately we cant Supply them on several occasions we have had the privilege of being billeted by the British and found their system very satisfactory despite the Large number of their own troops which they had to pm fuming the tables when a group of us patients were caught participating in a Friendly game of cards we unanimously voted to con tribute the pot to the red the were caught in the terrible act by a even Good enough to handle the contributing for i think it would be a wonderful idea for All Battle weary soldiers to contribute their Money to the red Cross and find other Means of keeping from going crazy with nothing to latin gripes have been noticing quite a few gripes lately in the stars and stripes about we have a favorite one of our a everyone in the army knows what a latrine is used but Why does it have to be locked to often Tor coming we find it locked in the morning just getting out of bed and also a few times in the even ing before what we want to know is Are the inspections winning the War or we the Gla with the Eddy the of Ward tint stak9 of Ana for the 0 8 armed at Plant of la cum Telephone regt switch in Tor editorial is for Elia tied contents by 08 army Ana Eli Dora entered at Mccond matter mar 19 Post new set of Otti editions at and under Lafona Guoxi education total Aatif Lafo Matlon vol to prizes of the Western front drive Duls buro 3 Essen j Dortmund min distribution and canal steel to Bridge ship k r u p p Coal Emit Pyle write Tex tile a chemical rub steel the germans pfc James of i and Bolat to Xix he took Refuge in a barn and did some valuable snooping for the he watched for 12 hours a the Jerrus set up a up in a building next to the when dark came he slipped Back to american killing one Jerry and barely escaping burp gun file As jumped a at a regimental up of 09th be told about the new enemy which american artillery ten about to swear by and not at Marlon of my and 115th 29th to a Supply after rent the not on Dally trips to the company he carries a Box filled with Amau items like combination chewing Rifle thread and a Man usually what they need on the spot when Utey Aasc for without having to wait a estra Man oat Iii Idun of took charge of a second machine gun squad when the Leader and kept the gun ill action 100 Yards in front of the of of 38th soon All of the others were but my Oviller stayed and fired away at the until he killed when ammunition was he destroyed a and crawled safely Back to Bis sense us chaplain shortly after chaplain Edmund to Hia the i5th asked to be the chaplain looked up just in time to see an Meloff coming in Over their Oscar of and his ack Ock gunners went into act put the Jerry plane out of and in a few minutes the chaplain resumed by weight situation of the second a 38th didst want to give away of machine by firing but an opening Between two buildings through which enemy soldiers were roaming too much of a temptation for fat Charles of of and Pic Joseph Lam of they got out their pistols and rifles and killed 15 Jerries like knocking off Clay Zimmerman he wondered Why the Jerries kept coming through the opening when so Majiyu were being they captured and Fournad they All were Static position ttv6 Garrett of radio operator of the 171st combat want worried when 88s begun dropping near his position outside but when a Small arms Bullet Cut his Antenna 10 feet above his started to radio City music Hall men of the flirt 117th 304th recently cleaned a bathed no building to a a Mort House for their Aad aum it City moan directors and sole stockholders Are pics Al of and Henry of Jei Aey City Matt of Stanley sol of Julius of Suid Fratts Uel of shells the 161st a commanded by Herman of and a part of the 35th combat Haa fired More than one Hundred thousand 106mm shells into enemy Turret in his pulpit former preacher from Howard Leader of out to Reform the a to Kazia japs in caves play tricks on Marianas yanks in the Marianas Are still japs on the three islands of Marianas Clilan weve occupied for More than six months the estimate rung into several they hide in Hlll and caves and come out at night to forage for Many of their were so Well stocked that they could go for months without getting our men dont do anything about japs any troops in training for combat will go out on a Jap Hunt now and then just for practice and bring la e but there no menace to and by and Large we just ignore a Hal dozen or to give up every the japs dont try to practice any sabotage on our it would take another Jap to figure out japanese axe thoroughly inconsistent la what they do and very often Theyn they do the silliest Here Are few examples camouflage one night some of our left Bulldozer and Earth mover Sitt inf alongside a Load up in the during the night the japs came they  Hurt but they could have put the machinery out of commission for a even with Only a Rock they could have smashed the spark plugs and ruined the they didst do any of these they merely spent the night cutting Palm fronds off nearby Trees and laying then Over the big the next morn ing when the arrived they found their precious equipment comple Tolj int that cute on another Island there were Many acts of sabotage the japs could have commit but All they Ever did was come Down at night and move wooden he engineers had lined up for the next Days construction of officers Shower theres another Story of a Jap who didst take to the Hills like the but stayed for weeks right in the most thickly american populated Section of the ight Down by the he hid in Bushes close to a whew lure dress of americans walked they found out later that he even used he officers outdoor Shower Bath after they and raided their kitchens at there was a Jap prison enclosure nearby and for peering out of the in studied the treatment his fellow sol Diers were getting and How they watched to see if they were dwindling away from and then one Day he came and Gaw himself he said he had convinced himself that they were being treated All so he was ready to and heres another an american officer was idly sitting evening after work philosophically study a ing the ground a men will Jap with Rifle suddenly he was startled pc a mild word for for in tront of stood a Jap with a but before anything could Jap Laid the Rifle on the ground in of him and began Sala Aming up and Down like a worshipper before an the Jap later said hed been Hunting for weeks for somebody without a Rifle to out that the surest Way was to land give himself wad had finally unarmed prospective captor sitting to wac but dont let these Little Afterman from the Turret of an Mio near Kommer Scheidt and Schmidt he planted a Shell Square in the Middle of a congregation of one a thrown into the miraculously landed on Hia and kept the direction of several others were fire control Pix posed to a barrage of enemy Lead 4 Jack of san Francisco directed fire from assault Clearing the Way for a task Force which Brunt dec the Jerry spearhead at Belgium Riding in a he followed the Leai platoon of the 41st second to a Woods which had been scoured of when the enemy started he located the German and directed fire which silenced he also directed a barrage on ground Elaml germans stories mislead you into thinking Are easy after for there very people while the shootings going on at Home fiend births storks arrival prospective a tigers who cant to hot birth notifications them this column should notify their wives t Send the data to the stars strip str european 205 East 42nd York which in turn cables the to Liege instruct them to use direct overseas air Harold Hariett 17 31 Valley 2 Raymond it Laurence Dotty pm k new new York Peb i