European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yank the army weekly 1945 British Ion there Are two features in the British demobilization plan which i would like to see adopted in the american age should be included As a major Factor in determining priority of the older Fel lows have had to take a rough Deal from the physically and emotionally As Well As they deserve a i the group demobilization of the British plan has certain advantages Over our plan which evaluates each individual and is much More in so Many a certain group of men have been denied various privileges and advantages because they did their Job Well and could not be that is Well enough but when the time comes for it will not be fair to penalize a Man simply because he is efficient at an important while letting snafu reap All the for this great i would like to see the regulations apply universally to All and the War depart ment take it for granted that no Man is the British have discarded the Conception of the in dispensable Why cant we Camp sol Stein dear yank although ours on the surface May seem the fairer the British by its very simplicity and its ability to begin functioning the Day of Germany will emerge As the better then a great number of our seasoned veterans will find that the word essential is to be their while the British consider no Man Arnold Hopper dear yank it seems that once again we must look to the British for leadership in a problem affecting the life blood of our its a perfect Plarr and Doest give officers an Edge Over gis like our plan Here in America we  say when a person can expect to be discharged after hostilities Camp Texas Harry Boland dear yank according to the British demobilization each and every Man in the British armed service can sit Down and figure out in a few minutes just when he can expect to be discharged after cessation of hostile and length of service being the Only thing that they recognize no such things ases the american plan of demobilization is the most complicated mess that was Ever there is one category of men who have been completely forgotten or ignored by the american demobilization i mean the men in their who married late in life and whose wives Are approach ing their forties and who Are now childless due to War conditions and whose Hopes of Ever having a family Are blasted because the plan has no consideration for fort Texas William Evans pm for plutocrats dear yank in stationed somewhere along the Ledo we have a but anything that a Guy  be ashamed to Send Home As a gift costs anywhere from 60 160 to 300 even a Pillow cover with the Chi insignia on it costs 22 pocketbooks i mean something a Gal Back Home will show to everybody with the words i got this from a Guy in will stick you 90 an Ivory Statuette costs the even a doll costs 20 will you please use your influence to have our pm divided into two in one Section let there be a woman damned if ill take a mans and let her explain to me the reason for the prices listed therein or let her show me the Gold or the sapphires Woven into the materials i Hope to pay 300 rupees it would take me six months to save up that in the other Section let there be something any so Long As it is novel costing under the present average India Joel Lynch sleeping bag dear yank i have just received a new i sleeping bag and thought that i would pass on a few simple instructions ii the Assembly and use of first of a few simple tools Are these include wire screw Hack Monkey wrench and a bottle of Lydia Pink hams vegetable the latter item is for the the first step is to put the Niter covering Over the inner if you the inner Cov ering Over the outer a Blanket or two is then neatly folded and Cav fully tucked in the inside of the if you you can pin the blankets now you already to enter into your Battlefront boudoir Tor an exhilarating nights this is Saccom phoned by entering feet first with a series of eel like wriggling motions until your feet have hit the next step is to Case you head into the snuggle Bunny Hood which is at fuhed and then reach Forward and downward Aid firmly grasp at the convenient Loop which is attached to the if the Zipper Doest close with a gliding the hell with it the next morning the bag should be neatly rolled and tied with your tent rope and then taken to that genial gent of your Supply grasping the Roll firmly in both you Bop him on the Noggin with it and scream at least one of the two following expressions at him you can take this and you know what you can do with it or Gimme my Goddam blankets Back Germany John Davies Huckins pts dear yank we read with great appreciation your night raid off but we find one grave you mentioned that there Are two kinds of pts and that the Crews were arguing which were the we dont want to be sad so we Are informing you that there Are three types of the third Type is the Huckins which we think is the we think it is More Maneu Merable and better and has better living conditions than either of the other two if at any time we have another Choice of a new out we will choose the Pacific Charles Davis signed by four air Force medals dear yank we got a Gripe against the army air Force and think its a fair we Are just a Squadron of Navy aircrew men and believe our opinion is shared with Many other men of the naval air we think the aah is doing but our Gripe is How they hand out the these Fellows Are Given the air medal for completing five that but that int what really Burns us for completing 15 missions they Are Given the one of our country highest its an insult to the men who earned the dec and More so to the men who gave their lives and received this How about putting the army and Navy on equal standards for decorations Pacific Stessen signed by nine combat uniform dear yank we of the combat troops would like to make a soldiers of the armed forces All Wear the same we feel that troops Whf have seen combat should be distinguished by a uniform which is different from that worn by the members of the armed forces who have never seen foreign our suggestion a uniform consisting of an Olive drab Eisenhower dark Green paratrooper boots and a dark Green Garrison see what you can do about Germany Henry signed by enlisted Bombardier dear yank Why int something done for the enlisted bom barriers most of us Are regular army and have been bombing for a couple of some have been com but most of us have not been that Fortu we have been Given jobs in various classifications and have in Many cases been reclassified As Why wont the War department give us a Chance to get an aircraft observers Bombardier rating that is the Only thing Between us and a Many of us have been overseas in combat and have flown As Many received As Many medals and have done As Good a Job As have any of the commissioned Bombardier from Cadet they Tell us that we can no longer bomb because there is no such thing As an enlisted they didst Tell us that where the Tackack was flying and where the targets had to be we took the same if not a greater in earlier stages of the War that men with commissions Are now Biggs Albert Mosley gis and civilians dear yank your servicemen and presented facts that need great Deal of clarification to some of the on Many occasions our Bull ses Sions get on this and the distorted facts that Are repeated show How poorly informed the average i the soldiers in the army should be More fully informed As to the amount of work the soldiers of production Are turning out to make the United nations victorious in their fight against it is Only by such Fine factual articles that Many of us will get the True picture of what is really taking place on the Home i Hope that this article is a forerunner to Many More on the dutch East indies Gilbert i Bill of rights dear yank in a recent Issue of there appeared a letter from to Fowler asking what the i Bill of rights has to offer a Man who desires to remain in service after the apparently he has a misconception of the purpose of that it was not intended As a Reward to but rather As an Aid in re adjustment to civilian there wont be much left of mustering out pay after a Man re outfits himself with civilian something attached to Belt some sort having to leg Thitu the super could be made of Canvas or suggestion dear yank after pulling guard duty and other details out in the i wonder Why somebody Hast thought of an accessory to go with the Raincoat that will protect the pants from the knee an Ordinary legging wont do i see in yank where a sergeant made an Extension to his which is probably Okay As Long As a fellow wont have a co that will want to know where the extra piece came i raincoats Arent made for if you think the attached design worthy of being Given any id appreciate your sending it wherever it at least it might give somebody an idea to work and in sure anybody that Ever needs a Raincoat will Welcome something of the Corsica Nicolas Gonzales those who stay in the army will not find As for the various branches of service have technical schools for training men to fill their service and the Musafi provides education for practically nothing More than the Fowler seems to desire a Reward for remaining on the Job he intends making his life the i Bill of rights certainly int the Bonanza it has been it will Aid those who can spare the time to continue their and it May prove very beneficial if there is a depression shortly after the the main feature is that which enables the exse vice Man to borrow Money at a Low rate of it seems to me that this Bill is merely a Good Start toward aiding the but it should be followed by legislation to enable the Veteran to achieve equal footing with the men who were i dont feel the country owes me an easy life for my remaining but i do believe i deserve a Chance to compete with men my age who were Camp David Markley bomb disposal squads dear yank i have been Reading your Magazine for quite some and Reading articles about the gis who Are do ing their bit in this i often wonder if the Ameri can Soldier has Ever heard of a bomb disposal Are doing our not Only behind the lines but also at the Clearing towns and making them Safe to enter for civilians and other gis passing t5 Joe witt5tock male nurses dear yank i see by today bulletin that it May be necessary to draft we have was and Waves to release men for positions where they Are Why cant men fill in in the nursing profession i was a male nurse in civilian i have taken the same training As the army requires of its in some cases i have More credits than the army re for a year i have been doing a nurses yet the Doest have any place for such a it took me 10 months in a lieutenants position to get a corporals there Are Many of us men in the army who have taken this training and Are proud of it int a Sissy Why cant we be Given equal rank with our present nurses we worked hard enough for it in civilian now that the army needs Why cant we get 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