European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse A i the army Ive Eklov Ink u published weekly by the enlisted of the army and it far Only those the and other material trom yank May be reproduced it they Are net restricted by Law military provided proper it release Are observed and Speed in prior permit men hat been ranted for each item to be entire contents by Franklin Soriben and reviewed by military editorial office 205 East 42d Mew York editorial staff manual it Joe a Art Arthur Oemil assist ant Managle Justus assistant Art Ralph Leo Fea Marion har a Dan aah overseas Al Hilary Ca associate John Margaret wac Max to Tom Burgess Barrett Merle aah Charles aah Mack de Howard corps soul Allan aah Reg corps Robert corps Pat aah Howard Ca David aah David Durbin Ca Sanderson Ca Lohn Earl aah Francis aah Jack Ca Edmund Tom f Lafayette aah Charles Deml Douglas Deml Dick aah Roger corps p John Marvin Joe Frank Deml sgt Roger Cowan Deml Jack Deml Lionel Larry Ca George corps John Bill up dil aah Jack Deml Harry aah a int aah George aah Carl aah Dave inf India Burma and Paul aah George corps Dave Ca Lou Deml Walter pm t Ray aah John Burtt Richard puerto Don a Richard Nat Wllliam pent do John Frank Donald Nugent commanding Franklin executive Jack business North Supply Gerald overseas Bureau Holt Harry Roberts Harold Hawley Centra South Josua up Pungor Justus Craemer Robert stroller Harold Burroughs Grady Clay David Gafill Howard cars Eti puerto Frank Gladstone Middle Knowlton this weeks cover Raymond a combat of u doing hit Best to learn the official language of the by Over four million a big help to who like to get photo oink Hen 3 it Ira Hon Ltd Guy Dehull m Lett vow Oneill Imp Tenter i right is Flat Tower a frs demobilization depression of the 30s seems very but it is Well remembered by All those who were affected and particularly by those Over 30 years of theirs was a moratorium on life of three to eight in Many of them had their first real Opportunity to get started in pay off old debts and make a decent now those same men who underwent that and then had a few More years lopped off their nor Mal lives through military will be Given no consideration for age when the time comes to men of 35 to 40 will have to compete with much younger men after this and it seems Only fair and just that they be Given the break they deserve by allowing age to be a determining Factor in releasing men from the armed Panama in Only years of heres what Ive got to Bitch Why not Send Young gis overseas instead of our who Are 28 or Over men at that age Are 111 admit in homesick but Ive got a Long life ahead of me to look Forward i be got time to build a time to save Money for my old time to raise a family or Breed whichever Way you want to put time to enjoy but How in the hell have those elderly men something to look Forward to Chance have they got Alaska Charles Duquette dear yank in All Bull sessions and editorials on the discharge we heard Little or no mention of the College Stu we believe he deserves some consideration in whatever plan is finally As a College he was endeavouring to better himself and consequently benefiting the the longer the the harder it will be to resume his he will find him self outclassed by a group of younger and fresher from the i Bill of rights we gather that the government is interested in the College Why not further these interests by giving the College students deserved consideration in the demobilization program Germany John Voorhees by four dear yank there Are a lot of High officials in Washington who seem to think that sol Diers Are worrying about getting readjusting themselves to civilian what the soldiers want most is to have this Damn War gotten Over with and to get out of the army with As Little delay As if these officials Are planning to hold a Man in the service until a Job is found for or until the government feels he has been Reh Abili let me say that such a plan has no backing whatsoever from the after being in the army two or three i am Damn sure a Man can take care of himself in civilian life without a lot of so called Aid from the govern ment that dont amount to a the general and his Force would see to it that the other peace terms Are carried out to the 2 that All nazi criminals be ruthlessly whether their crimes have been committed in Germany or abroad 3 since the germans claim they have been pushed into supporting the War by nazi it is their Job to turn a 1 these nazi bullies Over to Allied Mili t8f Germany shall not make or store All gasoline which it produces in excess of civilian needs will be stored 5 As for the remainder of German Industry if we control it instead or destroying we can use its sonnet and equipment for our Benefit and prevent it from becoming again a tool of All Stock in Germany s great and All shall go to a fund for the reimburse ment of this wars measures will be taken to prevent subterfuges to keep dividends Down by increasing 6 Germany will cleanse itself from All traces of nazism and re adopt the Blacker Gold Banner of the former German Republic and elect a democratic government under the watchful eyes of Allied military will scrupulously carry out the peace terms above provide some sort of educational system by which the German generation yet unborn can be brought up As useful citizens or the Custer withheld dear yank one of the biggest problems facing the allies after Germany is Defeated will be what to do with the German will they be allowed to return to Ger Many at the earliest possible moment i should like to hear the views of other servicemen As i think we who have been fighting this War should have something to say about the Many of these German soldiers Here committed some crime or let us not for give and Italy Samuel Fisher Philippines Norman Hewitt we who have been through the thick of things know and i Rusness of the we would be More than glad to work in any of these wartime plants at our army wage scale and guarantee that production would reach its maximum and absenteeism reach its Why should there be a manpower shortage in these War plants when there Are so Many limited assignment men who would be More than willing to Volunteer their services to help bring production to its Peak Fronde George Wiener postwar Bonus dear hat is off to the two soldiers and that is a coming from a Seabee who wrote to yank and patriotism is not for Sale at any the is neither obligated to us in peacetime nor to us As a result of what we do in wartime because what we do for our country is merely a payment of the debt which we owe to the country which has granted More privileges and Solace to its people than any nation on thus i cannot understand the mercenary attitude of Many servicemen t As far As compensation is i definitely do feel that any Man who has suffered either physically or should be remunerated for his i have missed my Home and family As much As any Man possibly could yet if i helped to bring about a return of our country to its former prewar i will feel that the Effort was justified by the Douglas Butler mm3c san Unsung heroes dear yank the enclosed drawing and caption from lord Taylors 1944 Christmas catalogue hardly requires any comment lonely warship insurance dear yank will you please Settle an argument Between my buddy and i the whole platoon is interested in the outcome of it does or does not the United states Navy have its warships insured by Lloyds of London or any other British insurance company France Nicholas it postwar Germany dear yank to punish responsibility for world War ii and to prevent world War i would propose the following peace terms for Germany 1 that All of Germany within the 1936 boundaries be occupied As one military unit under Eisenhower As governor dear non in stationed out Here about 200 Miles from Hollywood and i plan to go Down that Way before so if you have any Good addresses Down that How s about a couple i know you Are no lonely hearts but if you can i sure would appreciate the me up something with Blond hair and about 5 feet 5 in so see if you can help with the age Factor James Fuller if youre that close to Holly the enlisted men in your out fit probably have More Telephone numbers than we last gis in Weilin dear yank 4a in a recent Issue you stated that two of the last gis to leave Weilin were Willard Golby and Frank j of i dont know these perhaps because i arrived at Weilin after they had i am quite sure that Arthur Hopkins of and i were the last out a month or so after the above had when we left there were no civilians left to ride a they had been gone for India console the Herd stuck to the Home front with our dashing bottle jacket done in soft tweeds or Brown Wool Cut with army Atten Tion to and set for a full Post War life on links and country on the mens Elwood Clark relieving shortage dear yank having continually read about the manpower shortage Back in the we who have seen Many months of for eign and frontline service cannot recon Cile the fact that such a condition should As a result of combat and other physical we have been placed in a limited service for the past month we have been doing nothing but routine Clos order Drill and Road the waste of time spent in such activities is absolutely sinful our boys Are dying because of a Lack of and leaves us absolutely we suggest lord Taylor should also create an appropriate selection of ser vice stripes and ribbons for these Battle scarred Home front France m Winner malaria stricken men dear yank what do government officials intend to do with malaria stricken men i am a Man of 35 at the present in on a permanent at Abrine diet to Ward off the symptoms of malaria mind there is no ques Tion in my mind that before we Are Dis the army Medicos will put us in fair but this will take and in All probability we will be the last to be mustered that will just about end our Opportunity for reestablishing ourselves Asci a Man 35 or who is mar As 1 will want to raise a tend to his wife and without the Opportunity to they will be Ive been in India about 16 months and in due time i May be to provided my replacement has the stamina to survive this after be ing Home for a i still am subject to overseas a great Deal has been written about the Scarcity of permanent party men in the i have this suggestion to which will serve a twofold take All malaria stricken men and men stricken with other excluding venereal and Send them Back to the where they can undergo their cure and at the same time be the permanent party men at the some May with their tongues in their that someone sure is try ing to get in All i say that int but since we entered the army on the basis of physical let us think of mustering the men out on the same the class to which i belong should Merit some consideration so that we too can become useful Mem Bers of but India Sylvester Garfield Pip smoking women dear yank in the past few months i have seen a couple of articles concerning girls who Are now smoking maybe i am old fashioned but i do think that this is no doubt the most disgusting bit of news i have read since this War i have seen pictures of College girls in papers with Corncob pipes hanging from their they seemed to be proud of the fact because they had their names printed under the i think it is bad enough to see Young squirts of the female species smoking but when they stick old pipe in their Well i for one think that is going too Damn if i Ever catch any woman connected to me in any sister or otherwise smoking a i think it would be hard to keep from driving the stinking thing Down her Damn Panama James signed by 12 How to Moke candles dear yank while sitting Here under this Bright philippine i began to think about the individual soldiers Supply of namely they seem to be More scarce than somewhat around these with this thought in i proceeded to scrape the Wax off of three of my ration boxes and fashioned a Candle of approximately four inches in thinking this a very shrewd i offer it to my brother gis for what it is i also suggest that the makers of k ration enclose a length of string to be used As a at present in employ ing a portion of my Philippines Johnny Marshall cigarette thieves discharge Button dear yank the purpose of this letter is a protest against the present veterans discharge Lapel Button now being which in my opinion is entirely in an overseas having been Dis because of a two months i Wear my discharge but but it has proved of Little or no value to few servicemen and practically no civilians even recognize the it is easily mistaken for just an other i personally do not expect Glorifica Tion for my service after having returned to civilian but neither do i expect to go into any explanations justifying my reason for being a civilian i understand it is proper to Wear service ribbons on civilian but Imas in my this is undesirable to most Osak whisky dear yank recently upon my return from temporary duty in the United i witnessed during the processing in a repple dapple the taking away and destruction of whisky which the men had carried from the i consider this a insofar As the person who executed this procedure was himself probably issued by military authority a ration of whisky shipped from the i fully understand that a Man under the influence of alcohol cannot perform his duties in a satisfactory but the whisky carried by these men in my not for the purpose of but carried to prove that they had not forgotten buddies who were still Over Here sweating it personally i dont care for but i know that a drink of Good whisky would be appreciated by men who care and have not had the Opportunity for it would be a whole lot better than the blinding Poison that some gis get in dear yank several of the Fellows Here thought the punishment of the men who stole the cigarettes in France was too they never should be sent to the they should have been put on a barbed wire stringing without or As mine after the Fel lows they stole the soldiers at the will have to pay taxes to feed those men in the pen for 50 do you think this is fair to the Man who fought at the front France Roesch training suggestion dear yank some men returning from overseas combat wonder what is happening to do they get a place Here in the states to pass on what they know from actual experience no they Are Given what is called by their command ing officers a refresher course in training infiltration firing All the Basic weapons throwing live hand guard fatigue details and All the other things that they give to raw recruits when they first come into the instead of scattering these men All Over the How about forming a training unit made up of All men that were old Back to the states to put on demonstrations to the men taking training Here this formed out of every Branch of could spend one week in each Camp and put on demonstrations that the men in training would appreciate and Benefit by very if an organization of this nature is Ever i want to be the first Man re questing a Transfer to although i do have a soft Job in a service i be Lieve if Given a i could teach men something that i Learned by actual experience and not from Field manual Camp Marion Miles Italy Eigel Maosen dear yank Why is it with All the talk about the need for shipping they allow the shipment of whisky and spirits Over seas i know that a lot of it is used in the but there is plenty of it that is kept in the in one of the Many men that likes to have a drink of but i consider it second or even third to other things that the enlisted men should and whisky is one thing that goes to the offi cers what about stopping a of these luxuries and getting some Good food to instead of what they Are dishing out Here now t5 Vito Sylvester est a huge army and a Gigantic Industrial Europe traditional balance Power system is no Good it has never it has caused War after War Ever since Metternich started it after the Napole onic but the balance Power system is what Britain and Russia Are now establishing while we Are standing uninterested lets carry our big stick and play our Power politics let us do some or Dering around if we if we stay an uninterested we will Send men to Europe again As we did in 17 and As we Are doing for the future lets act lets Tell Europe what to now is the time to pfc Thomas Rees alternating shoes dear yank we men of the 785th tank battalion noted the letter in mail Call on various Means of alternating ones with Cross laces and the ones with Block so the enlisted men the 803d a battalion think they have a Gripe we men of the 785th can go them not but three not Only do we have the Cross and Block laces on the Block lace we have 1 a White Dot painted on the inside of the Tongue Inch from the z on the same pair we have a Hole punched 1 Inch from the top of the 3 Between the Heel and sole of the same we have a Bright red Stripe the officers around Here still cant de cide on which Day each of the shoes should be my Herman Kluck dear yank i read a fiction Story by Arthur Adler in yank which some of the boys and myself dont the name of the Story of which i am talking about is How Herman Kluck won the it was All right about Herman being in the military police but its How he got there that has us wild Adler goes on to say that since Herman was not a perfect physical he could not qualify for a combat unit or air Force permanent possessing blurred vision and scrawny and being 10 pounds it was Only natural that he be assigned to the military if that is adlers idea of How Fellows become military police Hast run across my unit and Hes Italy Smith fort withheld aah overseas Stripe dear yank Why not have a special overseas Stripe for the combat Crews of the aah based on combat hours a fellow can put in 50 missions and a hell of a lot of Corn Bat but if he has done All of this in five months he is not entitled to Wear an overseas he has done More work than the fellow who has been Over from six months to 30 because he has had to Fly much oftener and flying is one Way to become exhausted Gordon Mackenzie March oldest equipment dear yank it might be interesting to discover the oldest combat and noncombat mate rial now in i have no suggestion to offer in that line except perhaps v Stilwell hat and a certain Steak which was issued to me several weeks but there might be some interesting data uncovered by such a query on your Italy Hall Van i acc medical administration the medical administrative corps will accept and train of Fleer candidates at the medical Field service school at Carlisle generally allem in the medical department and certain other such As finance1 and chemical and allem Over 35 years of age in com Bat service Are permitted to apply for men under 35 in the com Bat arms Are not eligible unless they fail in some Way to qualify for their own applicants must have completed Basic training in some Branch of the service and must not be alerted for i married overseas the Ater commanders have been authorized to return to the states any woman woman warrant officer or enlisted woman whose husband has been returned to the states for hospitalization or honorable we 8 liberated pcs letters and Post cards to military and civilian personnel liberated from japanese prison and internment Camps on Luzon should be addressed As Fol lows name of serial num Ber if addressee is military american red civilian War affairs Apo Post san army of occupation dear yank 1 have an idea on How to solve this problem of men for the army of occur Why not take All these Young men Between the Ages of 20 and 30 plenty of them single who Are now holding Down so called essential War jobs and put them in the army of occupation it would require very Little As they would be and it would give us Fellows a Chance to get started again in civilian they Are making the Money now and should be willing to sacrifice a couple of years we Are sacrificing those years now and would like a Chance to make some of that Good dough before the postwar depression sets George Eisenbach International big stick dear yank every major european War since the 15th Century has affected our econ living conditions and even our the French and Indian War was an Extension of the european Hundred years1 the War of 1812 was caused by the Napoleonic world wars i and ii were primarily european still we try to kid ourselves that we Are immune from we Are not and we never will be the Only Way we can try to assure our future peace is to take an Active part in Europe we must see to it that unimportant affairs like those at Munich and Dan Zig will not again ignite the we must have a Strong foreign we must let the rest of the world know we have we must play Power politics and carry a big stick and we have an extremely big worlds larg j do you know anything about compulsory military training i i h of
