European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The red army personnel lived in a Barracks about a mile from the Field and had their own russian civilian women served As ups in the american mess Halls and also cleaned the yanks one of them was a polish woman who had been decorated in the soviet Union for enticing German soldiers Home with her and then killing after being she had been assigned to this Earline those red army girls Are strictly said they share the hardest work with the if you ask for a detail youre As Likely to get women As and usually its the girls work at said Joseph Sorenson of they Are truck Engi antiaircraft just they even pull guard duty and help enforce 11oclock curfew for according to Guy Robinson of med a Crew theres no funny Busi Ness with the we we rent kept away from the russian people at he except that the Soldier girls had instructions not to mix with us except in the line of punishment for disobedience was immediate shipment to the our co explained this to and there such swell Janes that we didst want to get them in we just dated civilian plenty of and put this said waving a clipping of a Story by Howard a Cor respondent for the new York daily the Story stated that registered prostitutes were attached to the red that each Man had a ration card for their services and that these women were offered to the american As far As we could theres absolutely not one word of truth in what Whitman said and the others agreed with each Crew chief had three russian All of whom had seen plenty of service at the Pipkins were aged whose Home town was Rostov 18 from and from we tried to teach them about said and after two Days they were asking questions that we Crew chiefs  they would take a tech order and memorize various systems such As no l k a russian girl in go coverall ladles out hot Coffee to american airmen a shuttle bombing Mission i Eastern command air Force men helped set up russian bases last some of now Back in Tell what they by Joe Lockard yank Field correspondent of the gis who served in Russia with the Eastern the air Force unit set up for shuttle bomb ing Are Back in England and their Bull sessions Are full of their soviet when they entered the last each Man carried a passport which described him in told the Job he held and where he was to be All passports bore an expiration the men went to airbases upon arrival on russian some of them were stationed about 100 Miles behind Eastern front combat the rest were distributed among other airfields in one group went to work building an All of the enlisted men were Crew clerks and sub depot they made a control Tower out of airplay engine boxes and five Telephone and girl soldiers of the red army did most of the work on the assisted by the Page 8 1 u t u f f o l a n d Cpl Leroy g Pipkin and m sgt Guy c Robinson look Over some of the territory which they covered in Russia Crew chiefs and a few red army enlisted the americans followed the russian working from sunup to that makes a Damn Long said Martin Koski of Jersey in the Ukraine at that time of the year sunup comes about the Field was ready by the first of last about 300 americans and about three times that Many russian army personnel were stationed it was also an operational and red air Force planes were based we were in a Barracks that used to belong to a russian cavalry said Leroy Pipkin of san we had Good two sheets a Pillow and Pillow Case and two russian camels hair it was a Welcome change from our English aching Back electrical and so then they would Trace it out for you and insist on knowing Why every Washer and bracket was according to if a russian offi cer walked by a working detail and saw that some of the men were Goi bricking or taking a customary hed fix it so that when you asked for the same detail again it would be reduced to the number he had seen news was brought to the americans by an intelligence bulletin posted maintaining Contact with the outside world by yank and stars stripes reached but they were usually about three weeks said we would Burn All the american publications when we finished with we we rent allowed to let the russians see but they did get hold of yanks pinup the men