European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yank the army weekly 1945 the payoff gunners wings dear yank in april of 1944 i graduated from Aerial gunnery later i went to combat Crew training As a gunner on a b24 for two there i was grounded for air then i was sent to an ordnance i would like to know if i May still Wear my Aeria gunnery wings even though i have been Hawaii Herman Stokes you May not Wear your Aerial gunners wings after being relieved from assignment As an Aerial gunner unless you come within one of the following groups 1 you were wounded by enemy 2 you were injured while a member of an air Crew this does not include air 3 you were credited with 150 hours As an aircrew 4 you participated in 10 combat missions or 10 operational missions overseas aah regulations 3530 and autos for business dear yank i have been in the signal corps Ever since i entered the army and i have decided to set up my own radio repair business after i am Dis if i go into business in my Home town i will not need any help from the government for the initial because i have All that and i will operate the repair shop right in my own but i will need a car to carry my repair equipment and get around to the farms in the will i be allowed to take out a business loan under the i Bill of rights and use the Money to buy the Auto Frank Nardone the veterans administration has ruled that it will guar Antee a loan to buy a car which is to be used in the conduct whats your problem letters to this department should Bear writers full serial number and military of a business or a farming the Only restriction on the guaranteeing of a loan for this purpose is that the Auto Mobile must be necessary for the running of the business or farming rotation dear yank is there an a circular or maybe an act of Congress which reads like this any Man serv ing in foreign service for Over 18 months does not have to leave the Continental limits of the United states does a Man who has served Over two years on foreign service have to sign a waiver before he is returned to foreign service we have been Over for two years and have been told we will not get any More overseas service once we get Pacific Fred Perry b but there is no such circular or act of it just a latrine to 8 j1945 provides that when the military situation soldiers re turned under rotation shall be Given duty in the states before returning overseas and when soldiers with no overseas followed by those who have been Back in the states for us months or shall be shipped before All there is no clearcut definition of what period of time in the states constitutes marital furlough dear yank two and a half years ago i was stationed in while i was there i met a Young girl and we became we never got an Opportunity to marry because our outfit was ordered to leave for another at present my outfit is eligible to Send men Home on the rotation and furlough i would like to go to England under the plan and get but the circulars on furloughs state that i must take the furlough in the now Here is what i would like to find out is there any possible Way that i might be Able to get Back to England so that i could get married Leroy Schiekler there write a letter through channels to the command ing stating that you wish your letter to be considered As a declaration of intention to be give the Date when you expect to be eligible for state that you wish to forego rotation to the states and that you desire a furlough in order to get Send the letter at least 2va months before you intend to go to there is a three month waiting period Between the time when you de Clare your intention to marry and the Date when you can be lost wig dear yank when i came in the army i wore a since being Over Here i have had to dispose of it be cause of it being too hot to will the army buy me a wig when i return to the states again Ive asked my medical officer and there seems to be no one Here on the Island that can answer my ill appreciate your looking into this matter for withheld it looks As if you Are going to have to buy yourself a new the army does not replace lost personal property unless the loss is due to your activity in saving human life or govern ment Pagi